Truman Award Presented to U.S. Rep. Miller

Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich., received the 2012 NGAUS Harry S. Truman Award Oct. 16 during a lunch meeting of the Selfridge Base Community Council in Chesterfield, Mich., which is just outside of Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Detroit.

The association confers the Truman Award to recognize individuals with sustained exceptional contributions to national defense and security. Past recipients include U.S. presidents, congressional leaders and senior Pentagon officials.
 
“The Truman award is more than just our association’s highest honor. It is recognition of inclusion in a special fraternity of patriots, people who have made a difference in the institutions that defend our nation,” said retired Maj. Gen. Gus L. Hargett Jr., the NGAUS president, who presented the award. “Candice Miller is such a patriot.”
 
NGAUS normally presents no more than one award annually. This year, there were co-recipients: Miller and Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.
 
The two lawmakers co-sponsored legislation in the House last year that elevated the chief of the National Guard Bureau to full membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The bill later passed the Senate and was signed by President Barack Obama as part of the fiscal 2012 National Defense Authorization Act.

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