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NAVY/MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
AWARDED TO
LANCE CORPORAL SEAN P. MITCHELL
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS SCOUT TEAM LEADER, COMPANY C, 3D LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, 1ST MARINE DIVISION, FROM 17 NOV 2008 TO 30 JAN 2009. DURING A PLATOON LIVE-FIRE ATTACK, LANCE CORPORAL MITCHELL LED 11 MARINES IN THE MAIN ASSAULT ENSURING INDIVIDUAL SECTORS OF FIRE, DIRECTING A SHOULDER-LAUNCHED MULTIPURPOSE ASSAULT WEAPON ENGAGEMENT, AND RESUPPLYING THE MARINES WITH AMMUNITION. DURING AN URBAN ENGAGEMENT SCENARIO, LCPL MITCHELL IMPRESSIVELY LED HIS SCOUTS. HE DIRECTED THE CLEARING OF BUILDINGS, COORDINATED VEHICLE SUPPRESSION, AND MANEUVERED HIS SECTION TO PIN THE ENEMY DOWN IN A COMBINED ARMS DILEMMA. DURING THE FINAL ATTACK ON A CAVE COMPLEX, LANCE CORPORAL MITCHELL-WITHOUT INSTURCTION, MANEUVERED HIMSELF WITH THE SASR AND SPATTER INTO A POSITION OF ADVANTAGE TO PROVIDE OVERWATCH AND SURVEILLANCE ON THE ENEMY. ONCE CONTACT WAS INITIATED, HIS TEAM ENGAGED THE ENEMY WITH OVER 60 ROUNDS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THEIR POSITION. LCPL MITCHELL’S INITIATIVE, DETERMINATION, AND TOTAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
10TH FEBRUARY 2009
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