Defender awarded Purple Heart
Staff Sgt. Tom Whited, 66th Security Forces Squadron unit deployment manager, is awarded the Purple Heart by Col. Taona Enriquez, installation commander, during a ceremony at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., June 21. Whited received the medal for injuries sustained during a rocket attack on Jan. 20, while deployed to Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)