JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Dawn and Toshi Komatsu, parents of Major Matthew S. Komatsu, a pararescueman with the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, watch via video chat as their son recieves the Bronze Star Medal at a ceremony here Dec. 7, 2013. Komatsu was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his honorable service while engaged with the enemy at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan in September 2012. National Guard photo by: Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Theulen.