Deployed Promotion
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Master Sgt. Patrick Fitzgerald (center), 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron, was promoted to senior master sergeant under the Exceptional Promotion Program on March 7, 2014. Fitzgerald is on a six-month deployment from the 109th Small Air Terminal at Stratton Air National Guard Base, N.Y. He is also the 109th AW's Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 2013. (Courtesy photo/Released)