Funk promoted to general officer, joins ranks of reserve senior leaders
Retired Maj. Gen. Thomas Dyches, who served as the Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Matters, officiated a promotion ceremony where Brig. Gen. Christian G. Funk, 482nd Fighter Wing commander, was officially promoted to the rank of brigadier general at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., April 11. Dyches was instrumental in bringing Funk on board as a reservist when he was a detachment commander at Shaw Air Force Base, N.C., in 1996. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jaimi L. Upthegrove)