Maj. Gabriel Brown, left, director of operations with the Special Tactics Training Squadron, presents Chief Master Sgt. Michael West, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 24th Special Operations Wing, a certificate of retirement during a retirement ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 19, 2018. For 30 years, West was part of a highly-trained special operations force who integrates air power into the special operations’ ground scheme of maneuver. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)