by Senior Airman Michelle Vickers
1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
12/13/2013 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Enlisted
Air Commandos lined the flightline here to surprise Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel,
Air Force Special Operations Command commander, on his Order of the
Sword nomination Dec. 13.
Fiel leads approximately 16,000 active-duty, Reserve, Air National Guard and civilian professionals.
The Order of the Sword is the highest honor the enlisted force can grant an individual.
"I know I cannot do my job without the enlisted folks," Fiel said.
"Everything we do, we try to do for you guys. [The Airmen here] have the
highest ops tempo in the United States Air Force and you never say no."
Fiel will become the ninth inductee into AFSOC's Order of the Sword.
"The Order of the Sword was established by the Air Force to recognize
and honor military senior officers, colonels and above, and civilian
equivalents, for conspicuous and significant contributions to the
welfare and prestige of the Air Force enlisted force, mission
effectiveness as well as the overall military establishment," according
to Air Force Instruction 36-2824.
The AFSOC Order of the Sword induction ceremony is slated for April 18.
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