Bobby Butcher, left, chairman of the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation, Jeanie Spies, center, the chairman of the Irene Ferguson Marine Wife Recognition Award committee, congratulates Sasha Lightfoot, right, recipient of the Irene Ferguson Marine Wife Recognition Award and a Fort Worth, Texas, native at an award ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 27. Lightfoot earned the award for her personal work during the Feb AH-1 Super Cobra accident. Lightfoot personally visited the surviving spouses and family members with her husband, offering a perspective and help that only a military wife and mother can offer. In the days and weeks following the mishap, Lightfoot remained extremely busy and focused her energy on supporting the surviving families of the Marines who died in the Feb., 22 AH-1 Super Cobra accident, while coordinating assistance from the squadron spouses and external agencies.