Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and Multi-National Division-Baghdad, shakes hands with Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Murphy, Apache helicopter pilot, Company A, 4th Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Regiment, 4th Inf. Div., after presenting him with an Air Medal for his role during former President George Bush's last visit to Iraq Dec. 14 at a ceremony on Camp Taji Feb. 6. Murphy, a 22-year veteran, had his retirement paperwork in hand before deploying but opted to postpone retirement and deploy one more time with his unit. "I was scheduled to retire before this deployment, but I decided to stay," he said. "With my experience, I can help protect the good guys on the ground while teaching the younger pilots what I know."