NASHVILLE, Tn. – General James McConville, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, presented two Soldiers from Company C, 6th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) the Silver Star for heroic actions in support of U.S. Army forces in Afghanistan, July 12, 2018, during a ceremony at the Army Aviation Association of America Summit 2019 in Nashville, April 16.
McConville, a former 101st Abn. Div. (Air Assault) commander, pinned the medals on Sgt. Armando Yanez and Sgt. Emmanuel Bynum following his keynote address at the summit, an annual gathering of the Army aviation community.
“I began this morning reflecting on our greatest generation and the heroes we have from World War II; I see the...
04.16.2019 | FORT CAMPBELL, KY, US |
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Sgt. Armando Yanez and Sgt. Emmanuel Bynum pose for a photograph with Gen. James McConville, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army during a ceremony held at the Army Aviation Association of America Summit 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee Apr. 16, 2019. Yanez and Bynum received The Silver Star for their heroic actions in support of U.S. Army forces in Afghanistan on July 12, 2018. The AAAA summit is an event during which the entire Army Aviation community gathers to focus solely on Army Aviation
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Soldier were offered the opportunity to earn a foreign marksmanship badge, the German Schutzenschnur.
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