{"id":41009,"date":"2014-03-29T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=41009"},"modified":"2014-03-28T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T21:49:39","slug":"awards-ceremony-at-fort-bragg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=41009","title":{"rendered":"Awards ceremony at Fort Bragg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There were a couple of little awards ceremony at Fort Bragg yesterday. One was at the 3rd Special Forces Group, not too big, compared to the size of Fort Bragg, but according to the Stars & Stripes<\/a>, it may have taken awhile;<\/p>\n

Lt. Gen. Charles Cleveland, commanding general of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, [presented] eight Silver Stars, 28 Bronze Stars for valor, 36 Army Commendation Medals for valor and 27 Purple Hearts to soldiers…. The eight soldiers receiving Silver Stars are Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Brown, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason W. Myers, Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan B. Drew, Sgt. 1st Class David A. Blish, Warrant Officer Robert A. Hinsley, Staff Sgt. Nicholas C. Lavery, Staff Sgt. Robert B. Ashwell and Master Sgt. Charles P. Ritter.<\/p>\n

Myers and Ritter also will receive Purple Heart medals for being injured in Afghanistan, officials said. Brown will also receive an Army Commendation Medal for valor and two Purple Hearts and Lavery will also receive a Bronze Star for valor and three Purple Hearts.<\/p>\n

The Silver Stars will recognize seven different actions spread from November 2011 to May 2013, according to award documents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Fayetteville Observer<\/a> tells about another award ceremony for the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion;<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Michael P. Pate, a former paramedic, received a Silver Star Medal…Sgt. 1st Class Kevin L. Hargrove, 31, of Mount Holly, N.J., and Sgt. 1st Class Kevin W. Oakes, 36, of Bad Hersfeld, Germany, received an Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device…<\/p>\n

The three other soldiers honored were Staff Sgt. Philip A. Aubrey, Sgt. 1st Class Donovan S. Johnson and 1st Sgt. Jamie T. Mullinax.<\/p>\n

Aubrey, 32, of Santa Fe, N.M., received the Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Mullinax and Johnson, also members of Team 611, received the Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device for actions during separate patrols, according to their citations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read excerpts from the citations at the links. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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