Tech. Sgt. Ted Hofknecht rides toward a combat outpost

Tech. Sgt. Ted Hofknecht rides toward a combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan. Hofknecht, a Crossville, Tenn., native, was attached to an elite Army Green Beret unit tasked with providing foreign internal defense to coalition forces operating in Afghanistan and was honored at the Jewish Institute of National Security Affairs awards dinner Nov. 7, 2011, in Washington D.C., receiving the JINSA Grateful Nation Award. Only six service members receive the award annually. Hoftknecht is assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron.