Former AG receives Distinguished Service Medal
Gen. Frank J. Grass, the 27th Chief of National Guard Bureau, presents retired Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., with the Distinguished Service Medal Dec. 1, 2015, at the Mason-Ruhren Readiness Center in Fredericksburg, Va. Long spent more than 50 years in uniform and received the DSM to recognize his service as the Adjutant General of Virginia from July 14, 2010, to May 31, 2014. A native of Stafford County, Long enlisted in the Virginia National Guard in Fredericksburg in February 1964 and spent many of the early years of his military career serving in units based in Fredericksburg. It was Long’s third award of the DSM, one of the highest awards approved by the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Office)
Former AG receives Distinguished Service Medal
Gen. Frank J. Grass, the 27th Chief of National Guard Bureau, presents retired Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., with the Distinguished Service Medal Dec. 1, 2015, at the Mason-Ruhren Readiness Center in Fredericksburg, Va. Long spent more than 50 years in uniform and received the DSM to recognize his service as the Adjutant General of Virginia from July 14, 2010, to May 31, 2014. A native of Stafford County, Long enlisted in the Virginia National Guard in Fredericksburg in February 1964 and spent many of the early years of his military career serving in units based in Fredericksburg. It was Long’s third award of the DSM, one of the highest awards approved by the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Office)