The adjutant general of the Kentucky National Guard, Army Maj. Gen. Haldane B. Lamberton, left, presents Mary S. Decker, chief of staff for Joint Force Headquarters — Air, Kentucky National Guard, with the order promoting her to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony 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)