Purple Heart recipient
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Haffner, 822d Base Defense Squadron fire team member (right), receives a Purple Heart Medal certificate from Maj. Christopher Hagemeyer, 822d BDS commander, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., March 27, 2014. During a security patrol while deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Haffner’s truck hit an improvised explosive device. As a result, Haffner sustained a traumatic brain injury and permanently lost 70 percent of his hearing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tiffany M. Grigg/Released)