Master Sgt. Brian McGee

Master Sgt. Brian McGee, vehicle operations flight chief for the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, earned a Bronze Star in 2007 while on deployment driving truck convoys from Kuwait to Iraq.

McGee volunteered for this dangerous deployment despite the fact that he was not vulnerable for deployment and he had a newborn daughter and was not due to go to the sandbox.

On the six-month deployment, he led a detachment of 165 airmen that completed 136 convoys — with no casualties.

McGee is on the board of directors of CLIMB, a community group that promotes volunteerism. He also was named 8th Air Force Logistics Senior NCO of the Quarter in 2007 and was Senior NCO of the Month in November.