Reservist receives leadership award at USO gala
MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. -- Maj. Patrick Hayes, right, a Reserve pilot from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., was one of five servicemembers, representing each military branch, to receive the USO Metropolitan of New York's George M. Van Cleave Military Leadership Award for 2006. Col. James L. Kerr, commander, 514th Air Mobility Wing address attendees of the USO's 45th Annual Gold Medal Dinner and Armed Forces Gala held Dec. 7 at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York where the leadership awards were presented. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chief Master Sgt. Tom Clayton)