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NAVY/MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
AWARDED TO
CAPTAIN CHAD C. BROOKS
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE, 3D LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE (LAR) BATTALION, 1ST MARINE DIVISION AND TASK FORCE 3D LAR, REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 8, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (FORWARD) FROM JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 2009. CAPTAIN BROOKS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY MANAGING THE BATTALION’S LEGAL DOCKETS, STREAMLINING ITS ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATIONS PROCESS, INSTRUCTING MORE THAN 1,000 MARINES ON ESTABLISHED RULES OF ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ, AND EXPERTLY ADVISING THE COMMANDER ON MILITARY JUSTICE. IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 09, HE PARTICIPATED IN 5 MONTHS OF SUSTAINED COMBAT OPERATIONS AND SERVED AS THE TASK FORCE’S PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVE ON KEY LEADER ENGAGEMENTS IN THE GEOPOLITICALLY DYNAMIC NINEWA PROVINCE. HIS MISSION-ORIENTATION, ABILITY TO MANAGE SIMULTANEOUS PROJECTS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TASK FORCE 3D LAR, THE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, AND KURDISH AND IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS PROVED INSTRUMENTAL TO MISSION SUCCESS. CAPTAIN BROOKS’S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERENCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
28TH OCTOBER 2009
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