On November 13, Professor Charles Ruffner presented an American Flag that was flown over Forward Operating Base Gardez to Principal Jeff Keener at General John A. Logan Elementary School.  Professor Ruffner was part of the Tennessee Agribusiness Development Team of the Tennessee National Guard 1st of 16th.  They went to Afghanistan in September to work with farmers to help grown sustainable crops and forests.
On behalf of the school, Principal Keener accepted the flag and certificate of authenticity and will display the flag in the school's trophy case.