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Four Southwestern Oklahoma State University Guard Officer Leadership Development (GOLD) program officer candidates and one student lifeguard were honored on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, for their heroic actions in saving a fellow GOLD candidate during a training exercise on Jan. 28, 2025, in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
Spc. Avrie Nowakowski, Spc. Diego Ortiz, Pfc. Rhyson Golightly, and Spc. Austin May were among the officer candidates who received the Army Achievement Medal for their actions.
Statton Mantz, the student lifeguard involved, received the Thunderbird Medal, the Oklahoma National Guard’s highest award presented to a civilian.
CG:
Lt. Col. Kale Rogers
Commander, 45th Artillery Field Brigade
00:08-00:11:23
Pfc. Rhyson Golightly
SWOSU GOLD officer candidate
00:38:27-00:50:27
Statton Mantz
SWOSU student and lifeguard
00:54:12-01:00:25
| Date Taken: | 03.13.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 03.14.2025 10:17 |
| Category: | Video Productions |
| Video ID: | 955245 |
| VIRIN: | 250313-Z-QT852-9283 |
| Filename: | DOD_110861300 |
| Length: | 00:01:22 |
| Location: | WETHERFORD, OKLAHOMA, US |
| Downloads: | 4 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 4 |
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