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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nNearly two years ago, Charles Richard Jennings, Jr shot his father-in-law, James Evans, in church at their Father’s Day Mass. When the shooting ended, Jennings lit out, but he didn’t know that there were two military careerists in hot pursuit. Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant Alain Reyes and Air Force Master Sergeant Greg Bartel were both unarmed and the made the conscious decision to chase the gunman from the church. Gunny Reyes led police to Jennings. According to iCatholic<\/a>;<\/p>\n For their actions, Reyes and Bartel are being commended by the United States armed forces. Reyes, a Marine Corps master gunnery sergeant who was stationed in Utah as a recruiter and now is at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot in San Diego, received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Dec. 5. The medal is the Navy\u2019s second highest non-combat decoration awarded for heroism.<\/p>\n Bartel, a master sergeant in the Air Force Reserve, will be presented with the Airman\u2019s Medal on Jan. 11. The award is given to those who have distinguished themselves by a heroic act, usually at the voluntary risk of his or her life, but not involving actual combat.<\/p>\n Both men shy from being called a hero, even though they chased an armed man when they themselves had no weapon or protective clothing.<\/p>\n \u201cIt had to come to a stop; there were a lot more lives at stake than just mine,\u201d said Bartel, whose career field is aircraft maintenance. \u201cIt has nothing to do with training \u2026 you just have to be willing.\u201d<\/p>\n Reyes, who received the Marine Corps\u2019 basic rifleman training but worked in transportation before becoming a recruiter, agreed that he acted on instinct rather than from training.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Jennings’ father-in-law survived his wounds and Jennings is currently doing five-to-life.<\/p>\n Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"