Air Force Senior Master Sgt. wins Presidential honor

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Senior Master Sgt. Rene Rubiella, who serves with the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, is honored Friday with the President's Volunteer Service Award during a White House ceremony in Washington. Rubiella, head of Operation NOW, a teen driver safety program, won the award for his outstanding service to others in need. Rubiella is joined by USA Freedom Corps Director Henry Lozano; Mary Jo Myers, member of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation and wife of Gen. Richard Myers; and actor Stephen Baldwin, left, also a member of the council. Credit (Photo courtesy of M.T. Harmon)