Rakkasans receive combat badges

Photo By Sgt. Brian Smith-Dutton | Lt. Col. Kelly Kendrick, the commander of 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), gives a speech to all soldiers who attended the awards ceremony on Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2013. The ceremony was held to award 37 soldiers after serving under hostile enemy fire while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. photo by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton, Task Force 3/101 Public Affairs)  

FORWARD OPERATING BASE GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN

01.21.2013

Story by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton 

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Soldiers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), received combat awards for their involvement in combat opertions during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan, Jan. 21.

Soldiers were awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Action Badge and Combat Medical Badge depending on their military occupational specialty within the military.

Thirty-seven soldiers received awards for serving under hostile enemy fire while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

• Date Taken: 01.21.2013
• Date Posted: 02.11.2013 12:07
• Story ID: 101786
• Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE GARDEZ, AF