Senior Master Sgt. Tania C. Prairie, right, is awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal during her retirement ceremony at the 108th Operations Group's conference room at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 16. Prairie has served in the military for 25 years, starting her military career by enlisting into the U.S. Air Force in 1987, and then joining the New Jersey Air National Guard in April of 1990. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez, 108th Wing Public Affairs/Released)