The adjutant general of the Kentucky National Guard, Army Maj. Gen. Haldane B. Lamberton, speaks to the audience during a ceremony to promote Mary S. Decker, left, chief of staff for Joint Force Headquarters — Air, Kentucky National Guard, to the rank of brigadier general at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., June 11, 2022. Decker joined the Air Force in 1987 as an airman basic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)