Amanda Lloyd transferred to Yale in the fall, but it is what she did over the summer in her hometown of Watertown, New York that earned the Air Force ROTC Cadet Captain a Gold Valor Award.

Yale's decision to resume an affiliation with ROTC came after the government repealed its "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gay people in the military in December 2010.

Yale's decision to resume an affiliation with ROTC came after the government repealed its "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gay people in the military in December 2010.