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22 (CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M)--Snapped awake by the sound of belt-fed machine gun fire, then-Senior Airman Alaxey Germanovich, a combat controller assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, surveys the compound he had dozed off in after several sleepless days of combat. “I look around and I don’t see any of my American teammates,” said Germanovich. “(At that moment I said to myself) I need to find my friends right now.” Grabbing his helmet and rifle, Germanovich bolted out of the compound and into the fight, where he saw several of the U.S. Army Special Forces ...

Underrepresented today. >> it is. in fact, it's one of the defining characteristics of john and john's broader community which is combat control. most people don't realize that these guys each exist and john is a shining example, first medal of honor for the air force in nearly half a century but in fact these guys are the deadliest individuals to walk the battlefield in the history of human war fare. >> these guys realize these underreported members of the air force and others, they don't get the headlines but they're the ones that bring in the a air power against our enemy. >> that's right. ...

>> the president of the united states of america has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor posthumously to technical sergeant john a. chapman, united states air force conspicuous gallantry at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. technical sergeant john a. chapman twished himself by extraordinary heroism as an air force special tactic combat controller attached to a navy sea, air and land seal team conducting reconnaissance operations in afghanistan on march 4, 2002. during insertion the team's helicopter was ambushed, causing a teammate to fall into an entrenched gr...

To be able to write and they can't hate you. so think about all the people who fought val yaniantly and no saw it, there was nobody to witness it or the paperwork got lost accidentally or on purpose and you realize that all the recipients recognize the fact that they represent all those who can't wear it. >> so for each one of these 3,000 plus people, there are so many more who did these things, who die in silence sometimes, who fight in silence. so it is important, and this is sort of what i was sharing with my viewers, it's important that we pause and we listen to these stories very fully. t...

>> captain barry crawford's main weapon was a radio. he's a combat controller going behind enemy lines to find targets and landing zones for special ops as they conduct raids in afghanistan. on thursday he was given the military second highest honor for valor, the air force cross for his actions may 4, 2010, when his unit, paired with afghan forces, was ambushed. >> captain crawford took decisive action. once the pilot had eyes on his position he remained exposed. >> he guided 33 aircraft and 40 air strikes during the 14-hour ambush. >> as the helicopters were coming in due to bad weather they...