Maj. Ronnie Holmes (left), a Blackwell, Okla., native and physician assistant for the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, is inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit as Sandra Townsend, Fort Hood ombudsman and retired command sergeant major from the U.S. Army Medical Command, presents him with the Order’s medallion here at Troop Medical Clinic 12 at Hood Army Airfield at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 8. The Order is a private organization, founded by the U.S. Army Health Services Command in April 1982 to recognize excellence and promote fellowship and esprit de corps among Army medical personnel. Membership denotes distinguished service in the top 10 percent of the field, and recognizes those individuals who have clearly demonstrated the highest standards of integrity and moral character, displayed an outstanding degree of professional competence, served in the medical sector for a minimum of 10 years with selflessness, and have made a sustained contribution to the betterment of Army medicine, according to the Army Medical Department.