During an awards ceremony held Sept. 12, at Camp Taji, Iraq, Brig. Gen. Frederick Rudesheim (center), the deputy commanding general of support, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, and Col. Douglas Gabram (left), from Cleveland, Ohio, the commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cav. Div., MND-B, present the Humanitarian Service Medal to Lt. Col. Ralph Litscher (right), from Half Moon Bay, Calif., commander of 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st ACB, for the support he and his battalion provided during Hurricane Ike.