U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh has announced the promotion of Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone to Staff Sergeant. Stone was credit with helping subdue a gunman on board a French train in Belgium.
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“He has stayed very true to himself from the very beginning. He has not let the moment overwhelm him. He has represented the Air Force very well and very proudly and, basically, he has an instinct for saying and doing the right thing, which I think is going to be a very, very good attribute in a young NCO supervisor.”