Air Force honored Reality Winner for taking out enemy combatants

Before she became the first person prosecuted by the Trump administration for leaking documents, Reality Leigh Winner received a military commendation for assisting in overseas airstrikes that killed hundreds of enemy combatants.


Winner, an Air Force senior airman, was a linguist proficient in Farsi, Dari and Pashto, languages spoken in Iran and Afghanistan. She served with the 94th Intelligence Squadron, 707th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, at Fort Meade, Md.


Reality Winner’s mother, Billie Winner-Davis, provided a photo of her daughter’s commendation medal to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday.
Though her parents say Winner never deployed outside the U.S., her work was considered so valuable that in October, she earned an Air Force Commendation Medal. That was two months before her discharge.

“The distinctive accomplishments of Airman Winner while serving her country reflect credit upon herself and the United States Air Force,” the award says.


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