U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Chris Grove, a Special Tactics combat controller assigned as the 720th Special Tactics Group superintendent, leads family members, friends and teammates in Memorial Pushups following his Silver Star Medal presentation ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 15, 2019. Grove was awarded the nation’s third-highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in November 2007.

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