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NAVY/MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
AWARDED TO
CORPORAL EDGAR FIGUEROA
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS SCOUT SQUAD LEADER, COMPANY D, TASK FORCE 3D LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 8, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (FORWARD) FROM MARCH 2009 TO OCTOBER 2009 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 09. WHEN HIS PLATOON WAS TASKED WITH TRAINING 75 SOLDIERS OF A COMPANY OF THE 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION’S SPECIAL FORCES BATTALION IN ANBAR PROVINCE, HE DESIGNED 6 CLASSES AND TIRELESSLY COACHED HIS MARINES FOR 36 HOURS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR ROLE AS INSTRUCTORS. FILLING A SERGEANT’S BILLET, HE SERVED AS INNER CORDON COMMANDER FOR 31 LEADER ENGAGEMENTS DURING 75 DAYS OF CONTINUOUS COMBAT OPERATIONS IN NINEWA PROVINCE. HIS EFFORTS TO TEACH HIMSELF BASIC ARABIC PAID DIVIDENDS IN THE VILLAGE OF MAMAT HALLOUM WHEN HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY CALMED A POTENTIALLY VOLATILE CROWD OF CIVILIANS UPSET OVER DAMAGE TO A PLOW CAUSED BY A PRECEDING UNIT. WITH NO INTERPRETER, HE REASSURED THE CROWD THAT THEIR GRIEVANCE WOULD BE ADDRESSED. CORPORAL FIGUEROA’S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
16TH FEBRUARY 2009
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