YEREVAN. – Armenian Armed Forces officers, Colonel Hayk Shadyan and Lieutenant Colonel Artur Musaelyan, were awarded with the Excellent Service in Joint Headquarters medal of the U.S. Armed forces.   

The award ceremony was held Friday at administrative complex of the Armenian MOD. 

Shadyan and Musaelyan received the medal in recognition of their services as strategic analysts in the joint planning group of the U.S. Central Command. 

On behalf of the American side, Colonel Jeffrey Stimson, Military Attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia, awarded the medals, informs the MOD press service. 

Colonel Mesrop Nazaryan, who formerly served at the aforesaid group likewise as strategic analyst and who is the serving Military Attaché of the Armenian Embassy in the United States, also was awarded with this medal.