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    Pensacola, Fla., soldier receives combat awards

    Pensacola, Fla., receives combat awards

    Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Fahey | U.S. Army Sgt. Chester Tolbert, from the 1165th Military Police Unit assigned to Task...... read more read more

    KABUL, Afghanistan – A Pensacola, Fla., native assigned to NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan received awards Dec. 3 for actions taken in early August when his team successfully combated an insurgent attack in Kabul.

    U.S. Army Sgt. Chester Tolbert helped defeat a multiphased attack in which insurgents used small-arms and improvised explosive devices to attack the British Council Building, a base located in a relatively upscale area of the country’s capital used for education and helping Afghanistan’s civil society groups. Although no U.S. service members were harmed, twelve people died in the attack.

    Commander, Task Force Yankee Army Brig. Gen. John Hammond presented 10 soldiers with Joint Service Achievement Medals and combat action badges, one soldier with a Joint Service Commendation Medal and a combat medical badge, one soldier with an Army Commendation Medal and one soldier with a combat action badge.

    “I’m extremely proud of the soldiers,” said Hammond. “Our medics responded to the wounded while the remaining soldiers worked toward assisting the Afghan partners and special operations forces in neutralizing the insurgents … they all worked hard and came together extremely well.”

    Activated in 2009, NTM-A is a coalition of 37 contributing nations charged with assisting the government of Afghanistan in generating a capable and sustainable Afghan National Security Force ready to take lead of their country’s security by 2014.

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    Date Taken: 12.03.2011
    Date Posted: 12.08.2011 04:00
    Story ID: 81063
    Location: KABUL, AF

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