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Lt. Col. Randall Huiss, right, is awarded the Bronze Star by Col. Robert Holba at the base theater on Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Nov. 23, 2010, for his meritorious service while deployed as the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron commander, 385th Air Expeditionary Group, supporting ground and air operations against the enemy at an undisclosed location in the Middle East from Dec. 27, 2009, to May 3, 2010. Under his command the 816 EAS executed the largest C-17A combat airdrop effort to date, which included emergency resupply of ammunition and supplies to troop-in-contact with enemy forces. He also the led the unit for the first-ever C-17A global positioning system-guided combat airdrop with the ?Firefly? system and the first formation combat airdrop from the EAS construct. Colonel Huiss? leadership enabled the safe execution of more than 3,100 sorties, 8,000 flying hours and delivery of more than 148 million pounds of cargo and 37,000 passengers. Colonel Holba is the 437th Operations Group commander, and Colonel Huiss is the 14th Airlift Squadron commander.
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Lt. Col. Randall Huiss, right, is awarded the Bronze Star by Col. Robert Holba at the base theater on Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Nov. 23, 2010, for his meritorious service while deployed as the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron commander, 385th Air Expeditionary Group, supporting ground and air operations against the enemy at an undisclosed location in the Middle East from Dec. 27, 2009, to May 3, 2010. Under his command the 816 EAS executed the largest C-17A combat airdrop effort to date, which included emergency resupply of ammunition and supplies to troop-in-contact with enemy forces. He also the led the unit for the first-ever C-17A global positioning system-guided combat airdrop with the ?Firefly? system and the first formation combat airdrop from the EAS construct. Colonel Huiss? leadership enabled the safe execution of more than 3,100 sorties, 8,000 flying hours and delivery of more than 148 million pounds of cargo and 37,000 passengers. Colonel Holba is the 437th Operations Group commander, and Colonel Huiss is the 14th Airlift Squadron commander.


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