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Staff Sgt. Yuri Motamedi, a security forces craftsman with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, has been named Expeditionary Operations Performer of the Year in the junior enlisted category by the National Guard Bureau. He is shown here conducting Air Base Ground Defense training at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sept. 21, 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Rafael D. Rosa)