U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Allan R. Cecil (center), deputy commander of the 145th Maintenance Group, has the rank of colonel pinned onto his uniform by his spouse and retired Brig. Gen. Fisk Outwater during a ceremony held in his honor at the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Jan. 9, 2016. In 1977, at the rank of Master Sergeant, Cecil was commissioned as a weather officer. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Julianne M. Showalter/Released)