Staff Sgt. Mario Alvarez, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, receives the 506th Air Expeditionary Group Diamond Sharp Award June 4 from Col. Douglas Tucker, 506 AEG commander (left), and Master Sgt. Ty Jarry, 727 EACS first sergeant, at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Sergeant Alvarez, a Miami native, is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah.