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Master Gunnery Sgt. Robert A. Busto, the ground ordnance maintenance chief with Ordnance Maintenance Company, 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, is presented the Bronze Star Medal with Combat 'V' by Lt. Col. Kevin J. Stewart, commanding officer of 1st Maintenance Battalion, at Camp Pendleton , Calif. , Sept. 4. Busto, 38, from Prescott , Ariz. , was awarded the medal due to his heroic actions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from Oct. 29, 2007, to Dec. 10, 2008. Busto served as a mentor with Embedded Training Team 5-3, 201st Corps, Advisory Command - Central Afghanistan. According to Busto's award citation, he conducted more than 70 combat mounted patrols and 13 direct fire enemy engagements. During the deployment, he exposed himself to enemy fire on numerous occasions as a gunner, mentor and vehicle commander in his effort to destroy the enemy forces that ambushed his convoys. Busto also personally conducted over 60 helicopter re-supply missions where over 100,000 pounds of supplies were moved to the four austere combat outposts in the Korengal Valley and Waygul Valleys .
| Date Taken: | 09.04.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 09.04.2009 15:28 |
| Photo ID: | 201275 |
| VIRIN: | 090904-M-8990S-003 |
| Resolution: | 3504x2336 |
| Size: | 2.46 MB |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
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