Maj. Nathlon Jackson awarded Soldier's Medal after she rushed into burning house

National Guard Soldier Receives Soldier’s Medal

by Petty Officer Second Class William Selby

U.S. Army Maj. Nathlon Jackson was faced with a situation that required her to go above and beyond her duties in the Army National Guard.

It was a situation in which the average person may not have reacted the way she did.

Jackson, a section chief for the Army Guard’s enlisted policy branch, was walking from the readiness center to her car when she saw smoke coming from a house.

“As I walked over to the house, I could smell that something was burning, rather than just it being smoke from a pot burning in the kitchen,” she said.

“I opened the mail slot with my hand and started to yell inside ‘hello, hello’ to see if anyone was home.”

One of the neighbors quickly ran over to Jackson and provided her a key to the house and told her that someone was in the house.


Jackson immediately reacted and went in the burning house, proceeding up to the bedroom where she found and rescued Shirley Rollins.
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National Guard Soldier Receives Soldiers Medal