{"id":80975,"date":"2018-08-04T08:32:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T12:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80975"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:34:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:34:50","slug":"staff-sgt-justin-gallegos-to-receive-the-distinguished-service-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80975","title":{"rendered":"Staff Sgt. Justin Gallegos to receive the Distinguished Service Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ssgtgallegos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ssgtgallegos-369x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ssgtgallegos-369x333.jpg 369w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ssgtgallegos-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ssgtgallegos-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ssgtgallegos.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 5 year eligibility requirement to be awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)\">Distinguished Service Cross<\/a> had expired in the case of\u00a0 Army Staff Sergeant Justin Gallegos.\u00a0 \u00a0According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2018\/08\/02\/lawmakers-clear-way-fallen-soldier-receive-distinguished-service-cross.html\">military.com<\/a> both houses of Congress have passed bills that would waive the time restriction in his case.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lawmakers have cleared the way for the posthumous awarding of the nation&#8217;s second-highest valor medal to a U.S.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/army\">Army<\/a>\u00a0staff sergeant for his bravery during the deadly 2009 battle for Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, according to the fiscal 2019 defense budget.<\/p>\n<p>The final version of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2019 included a provision that would award the Distinguished Service Cross to Justin Gallegos for his heroism. Both the House and Senate versions of the bill contained similar provisions supporting Gallegos, who fought repulse a determined Taliban assault at the COP, located in Afghanistan&#8217;s eastern Nuristan province.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Staff Sergeant Gallegos was initially awarded the Silver Star, it will now be upgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gallegos-awards.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gallegos-awards-328x333.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gallegos-awards-328x333.png 328w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gallegos-awards-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gallegos-awards.png 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His profile on <a href=\"https:\/\/army.togetherweserved.com\/army\/servlet\/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&amp;type=Person&amp;ID=259070\">togetherweserved<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 5 year eligibility requirement to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross had expired in the &hellip; <a title=\"Staff Sgt. 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