Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia, presents Command Sgt. Maj. Irving Reed Jr. with the Governor's National Service Medal May 21, 2017, in Roanoke, Virginia, in recognition of his federal active duty service conducting security operations in Qatar from May 2016 to April 2017. The battalion and several companies also were recognized with national- and state-level training readiness awards. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)