​Congratulations to Lt Col Regan Lyon! She is one of our current SOMA Board Members, and she is also a recent graduate of the Special Operations Low Intensity Conflict (SOLIC) curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). For her grades, leadership, and academic contributions at the NPS, Lt Col Lyon was awarded the US Air Force Association's Outstanding Air Force Graduate Award. She was also awarded the Department of Defense Analysis's Pat Tillman Leadership Award, which is an award given to one individual from the two graduating cohort classes and as nominated by peers to awardees who embody the ideal attributes of a Special Operations Forces member. Lt Col Lyon also received recognition for her thesis, selected as the "Outstanding Thesis" for her class. Her thesis was entitled "When the Golden Hour is Dead: Preparing Indigenous Guerrilla Medical Networks for Unconventional Conflicts." Due to her efforts at the NPS, and expertise and experiences in operational medicine and utilization of medical assets, she was hand-selected to work in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict in the Special Operations and Counterterrorism Division. Congratulations again, and best wishes to Lt Col Ryan!