Politics & Government

(VIDEO) Hopkins Officer Presents Flag Flown Over Afghanistan

Mike Johnson is also a senior airman who served as a medic at Camp Leatherneck/Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand Province for six months.

Mike Johnson isn’t just a Hopkins police officer. He’s also a senior airman  as a medic at Camp Leatherneck/Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand Province for six months.

While Johnson was there, he spoke with members of an Air Force Pararescue team. The team carried a flag on a combat rescue mission in which they saved a person.

On Tuesday, Johnson presented that flag to as thanks for supporting him while he was deployed.

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