North Carolina National Guard Soldier Sgt. Charles Roper, right, is honored with the NCNG’s Soldier and Airman Medal (NCSAM) at a ceremony at Guard headquarters in Raleigh, March 24, 2017. “We needed a way to formally recognize those who go beyond,” said Army Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, the adjutant general of North Carolina, commander of the NCNG, left. In February 2017, Roper, a Soldier with Det. 1, 210th Military Police Company, witnessed a small plane crash into the woods. He drove across ditches and farm fields to reach the burning plane. He quickly retrieved the pilot and moved him away from da
North Carolina National Guard Soldier Sgt. Charles Roper, right, is honored with the NCNG’s Soldier and Airman Medal (NCSAM) at a ceremony at Guard headquarters in Raleigh, March 24, 2017. “We needed a way to formally recognize those who go beyond,” said Army Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, the adjutant general of North Carolina, commander of the NCNG, left. In February 2017, Roper, a Soldier with Det. 1, 210th Military Police Company, witnessed a small plane crash into the woods. He drove across ditches and farm fields to reach the burning plane. He quickly retrieved the pilot and moved him away from danger and when first responders arrived, he helped extinguished wreckage. “I did not expect this new medal but I am honored,” said Roper. The ceremony was part of the celebration of the NCNG’s birthday noting its founding with the Carolina Charter to “… levy, muster and train men …” in 1663.
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