SECDEF Medal for Valor awarded to contractor for actions in Afghanistan [Image 1 of 3]

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

04.14.2014

Photo by Lt. Col. Sonise Lumbaca 

U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group

(Right) Maj. Gen. Mark MacCarley, the deputy chief of staff for the Training and Doctrine Command, presents Mr. Dave Jensen, a contractor who served with the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group until 2013, with the Secretary of Defense Medal for Valor at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes April 14, 2014. As an AWG Operational Advisor embedded with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan, Jensen risked his life to save the lives of four Soldiers after a rocket attack hit their aircraft on Bagram Air Field Sept. 10, 2012. (U.S. Army Photo by Lt. Col. Sonise Lumbaca, Asymmetric Warfare Group )

• Date Taken: 04.14.2014
• Date Posted: 04.15.2014 09:25
• Photo ID: 1247101
• VIRIN: 140414-A-XG691-001
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• Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US
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