North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Soldiers are honored with the NCNG’s Soldier and Airman Medal (NCSAM) at a ceremony at Guard headquarters in Raleigh, March 24, 2017. This year the NCNG made history bestowing the NCSAM for the first time to Sgt. Charles Roper, left, Specialists Semantha Bunce, right, and Robert Shook, center. “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. The ceremony was part of the celebration of the NCNG’s birthday noting its founding with the Carolina Charter to
North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Soldiers are honored with the NCNG’s Soldier and Airman Medal (NCSAM) at a ceremony at Guard headquarters in Raleigh, March 24, 2017. This year the NCNG made history bestowing the NCSAM for the first time to Sgt. Charles Roper, left, Specialists Semantha Bunce, right, and Robert Shook, center. “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. 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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