Michael Nifong, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command's chief of Geospatial Intelligence Division, receives the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from Brig. Gen. Greg Bowen, SMDC's deputy commanding general for op...

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Michael R. Nifong, chief, Geospatial Intelligence Division, G2, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, retired during a ceremony Aug. 31 at the command's operational headquarters here.

During the ceremony Nifong, a native of Clemmons, North Carolina, received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, a three-star note from SMDC's commanding general, a one-star note from SMDC's deputy commanding general for operations, and a certificate of retirement and pin.

Nifong retires with 40 years of military and civilian service.

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