261st COS recognizes 2019 deployment achievements for 20 SMs

Members of the California Air National Guard’s 261st Cyberspace Operations Squadron (261 COS) stand at attention during a medal presentation ceremony, September 11, 2021, at Sepulveda Air National Guard Station, Van Nuys, California. More than nineteen Cal Guard Airmen received recognition for their outstanding achievements while assigned to the 261 COS during a 2019 unit deployment. The 261 COS is part of Cal Guard’s 195th Wing, which is composed of a diverse set of squadrons spread throughout the state of California, with missions spanning space operations, cyberspace protection, and combat communications.

261st COS recognizes 2019 deployment achievements for 20 SMs

Published Jan. 19, 2022
By Senior Airman Melanie Nolen
195th Wing Public Affairs

SEPULVEDA AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. --

The 261st Cyberspace Operations Squadron with the California National Guard’s 195th Wing, awarded service medals to 20 Airmen, on September 11, 2021, at Sepulveda Air National Guard Station, Van Nuys, California, for their outstanding achievement while assigned to the 261st COS. While assigned to the 856th Cyber Protection Team during a 2019 deployment, their professional skill, dedication and ceaseless efforts resulted in major contributions to the effectiveness and success of the team. Due to COVID-19 protocols, unit leaders chose to wait to award the medals to service members until the September 2021 unit training assembly so unit members could be together to receive the medals as a team.