Administrative specialist receives CAB for actions

Courtesy Photo | Spc. Caleb Dufrene, administrative specialist with the 240th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), and a Lockport, La., native, receives a Combat Action Badge from Lt. Col. Skip Adams, commander of the 240th CSSB, and a Nokesville, Va., native, Feb. 1 at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. (Photo by: Capt. Angela Cervelli)  

AL ASAD AIR BASE, IRAQ

02.01.2011

Courtesy Story

3rd Division Sustainment Brigade

Story by: Capt. Angela Cervelli

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq — Spc. Caleb Dufrene, administrative specialist with the 240th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), and a Lockport, La., native, was awarded a Combat Action Badge during an awards ceremony outside the 240th CSSB headquarters Feb. 1 at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.

Dufrene was pinned with the CAB by Lt. Col. Skip Adams, commander of the 240th CSSB, and a Nokesville, Va., native.

On Jan. 25, Dufrene was enroute from Contingency Operating Station Kalsu to Al Asad Air Base, when an Improvised Explosive Device detonated on the vehicle he was riding in.

“Shrapnel hit the side of the vehicle,” said Dufrene. “I heard a loud noise and knew immediately what it was.”

First Sgt. Randy Hart, first sergeant for the headquarters and headquarters company of the 240th CSSB, and a Jena, La., native, was riding in a vehicle behind Dufrene’s vehicle.

“During the convoy, I heard a loud noise about 50 meters to my right and I saw an explosion and noticed an IED had detonated,” Hart said.

Also riding in the convoy was Command Sgt. Maj. Romeo Montez, senior enlisted advisor of the 240th CSSB, and a Dallas, Texas, native.

• Date Taken: 02.01.2011
• Date Posted: 03.01.2011 03:22
• Story ID: 66272
• Location: AL ASAD AIR BASE, IQ