Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, the Adjutant General of Maryland, presents the U.S. Department of State Honor Award to Brig. Gen. Joseph Reale, 29th Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General, June 26, 2022, in Baltimore, Maryland. The award citation reads “For superior service as Task Force Spartan Deputy Commander in support of Operation Allies Refuge from Aug. 25, 2021, to Sept. 6, 2021. Your exceptional leadership, strategic planning, and synchronization of Kuwait, joint, coalition and intergovernmental organization efforts to support the largest non-combatant evacuation airlift in U.S. history let to the successful evacuation of over 6,800 American citizens, other country nationals and Afghanistan civilians. Signed Joey R. Hood, Acting Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.” (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)