Air Guardsman, Staff Sgt. Ralph Simcox, receives a

Air Guardsman, Staff Sgt. Ralph Simcox, receives a Louisiana War Cross and handshake from Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, LANG adjutant general, following a Freedom Salute ceremony, July 28, 2013, honoring his active-duty service with U.S. Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations in Dover, Del. from Nov. 2012 to May 2013. More than 1,200 Louisiana Air and Army National Guardsmen and family members participated in a Yellow Ribbon Training Symposium at the Hyatt-Regency Hotel in New Orleans, July 27-28, 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Sgt. Paul Meeker, Reintegration Office Public Affairs, Louisiana National Guard)