TSA Employee Awarded Bronze Star
News & Happenings
June 5, 2007
Assistant Federal Security Director-Inspection Andrew C. Johnson of Mobile, Ala., was awarded the Bronze Star after recently returning from a year-long deployment to Iraq. There, he served as a platoon sergeant with the 155th Brigade Combat Team and led numerous convoy escort missions, counter-insurgency patrols, raids and presence patrols.
A staff sergeant in the Mississippi National Guard, Johnson and his troops were also responsible for providing personal security to the brigade commander, a brigadier general. With no loss of life to his soldiers, he was directly responsible for leading his platoon in responding to multiple improvised explosive device attacks, counter-sniper operations and other missions.
Johnson, who has served in the military for nearly 17 years, was also awarded the Combat Action Badge, Army Commendation Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal and Armed Forces Reserve Medal with "M" device, indicating his military mobilization.
