MS HR82

Commends Lieutenant Colonel Denise R. Hall for her service with the Mississippi National Guard and congratulates her on her retirement effective August 1, 2023, when she will be placed on the Retired List as Colonel

Recognizes her 15 years of service with the 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, where she oversaw daily operations and managed 106 traditional members as Senior Health Technician

Honors her combat service including 997 flight hours with 68 combat sorties as a C-17 co-pilot and 291.1 combat hours during Operation Iraqi Freedom, earning two Air Medals and one Aerial Achievement Medal

Acknowledges three deployments in key leadership positions, including service at Camp Bastion and Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2013, and two tours as Commander of the 775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight

Notes that under her leadership, the squadron was awarded Air National Guard AE Squadron of the Year twice (2020/2021) and the Medical Readiness Office received Air Force Medical Service Corps Readiness Program of the Year 2021