Brig. Gen. Mark Kraus (right), a Kentucky Air National Guardsman who serves as Air National Guard assistant to the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central, is awarded The Legion of Merit, first oak leaf cluster, by Kentucky’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini, during a ceremony held Aug. 18, 2013, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. Kraus also was promoted to the rank of major general during the ceremony. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Joshua Horton)