A Gift of Thanks
Michelle McAlister, Principal for the McClelland Elementary School, accepts a flag and certificate from Lt. Col. Eugene R. Mozzoni, commander of the 157th Civil Engineer Squadron, Captain Erik Minnis and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Buttick, New Hampshire Air National Guard, during a ceremony thanking the students for sending letters to the 157th Civil Engineer Squadron while the unit was deployed to the Middle East over the 2017 holiday season, March 27, 2018, Rochester, N.H. The flag was flown over the country of Kuwait during Christmas while the squadron was deployed there. (N. H. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Johnson)