LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. --
Rank and name: Tech. Sgt. Charles E. Price IV
Unit: 19th Civil Engineer Squadron/Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Official Duty title: Explosive Ordnance Disposal equipment noncommissioned officer in charge
Hometown: Barksdale AFB, LA
Time in service: 10 years
Time at Little Rock: 3 years
Goals: To one day make Chief and continue the Chief Price dynasty, and to build a homestead with a lot of land and animals.
Hobbies: Quality time with wife, antique shopping, raising chickens.
Tech. Sgt. Price, a 19th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal equipment noncommissioned officer in charge, responded to a munitions movement incident, saving more than 200 projectiles containing submunitions inside of a mile-wide safe area.
Additionally, during a higher headquarters mission, his team thwarted an unauthorized entry and cleared 25 vehicles of hazards.
Finally, after witnessing a seven care pile up, Price provided aid to five people and assisted emergency responders to get those who were injured to a higher level of care.