International Security Assistance Force Chief of Staff German Army Lt. Gen. Bruno Kasdorf, speaks before presenting the German Gold Cross of Honor medal to pilots and crew members of a U.S. air medevac unit, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, Katterbach, Germany, on May 12 at Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunduz. The German Gold Cross Medal, had never been awarded to foreign troops before. They were honored for their bravery evacuating wounded German Soldiers while under fire near Kunduz on April 2.(Photo by U.S. Army SFC Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO).