PJ Outstanding Airman

200211--F-AU145-2055

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenny O’Brien, pararescueman and one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year in 2019, speaks about his Air Force career at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. In addition to being embedded with the Secret Service and joint Special Operation Forces during the President’s summit in North Korea, Sargent O’Brien played an instrumental role in the Thailand Cave rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ty Greenlees)

200211--F-AU145-1067

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenny O’Brien, pararescueman and one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year in 2019, speaks about his Air Force career at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. In addition to being embedded with the Secret Service and joint Special Operation Forces during the President’s summit in North Korea, Sargent O’Brien played an instrumental role in the Thailand Cave rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ty Greenlees)

200211--F-AU145-2190

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenny O’Brien, pararescueman and one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year in 2019, speaks about his Air Force career at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. In addition to being embedded with the Secret Service and joint Special Operation Forces during the President’s summit in North Korea, Sargent O’Brien played an instrumental role in the Thailand Cave rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ty Greenlees)

200211--F-AU145-2091

Audience members listen to U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenny O’Brien, pararescueman and one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year in 2019, as he speaks about his Air Force career at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. In addition to being embedded with the Secret Service and joint Special Operation Forces during the President’s summit in North Korea, Sargent O’Brien played an instrumental role in the Thailand Cave rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ty Greenlees)

200211--F-AU145-2135

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenny O’Brien, pararescueman and one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year in 2019, speaks about his Air Force career at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. In addition to being embedded with the Secret Service and joint Special Operation Forces during the President’s summit in North Korea, Sargent O’Brien played an instrumental role in the Thailand Cave rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ty Greenlees)

200211--F-AU145-2163

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenny O’Brien, pararescueman and one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year in 2019, speaks about his Air Force career at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. In addition to being embedded with the Secret Service and joint Special Operation Forces during the President’s summit in North Korea, Sargent O’Brien played an instrumental role in the Thailand Cave rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ty Greenlees)

200211--F-AU145-2214

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenny O’Brien, pararescueman and one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year in 2019, speak to airmen about his Air Force career at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. In addition to being embedded with the Secret Service and joint Special Operation Forces during the President’s summit in North Korea, Sargent O’Brien played an instrumental role in the Thailand Cave rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ty Greenlees)

200211--F-AU145-2216

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenny O’Brien, pararescueman and one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year in 2019, stands with Air Force Junior ROTC Cadets from Fairborn High School at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 after speaking about his Air Force career. In addition to being embedded with the Secret Service and joint Special Operation Forces during the President’s summit in North Korea, Sargent O’Brien played an instrumental role in the Thailand Cave rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ty Greenlees)

200211--F-AU145-2221

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenny O’Brien, pararescueman and one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year in 2019, talks with Air Force Junior ROTC Cadets from Fairborn High School at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 after speaking about his Air Force career. In addition to being embedded with the Secret Service and joint Special Operation Forces during the President’s summit in North Korea, Sargent O’Brien played an instrumental role in the Thailand Cave rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ty Greenlees)