(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Richard A. Hersack, United States Air Force, was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Chief, Medical Readiness Policy and Operations, Office of the Surgeon General, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., and culminating as Command Surgeon, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright -Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, from 2006 to 2011. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General Hersack culminate a long and distinguished career in the service of his country and his dedicated contributions reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.