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NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDAL
AWARDED TO
SERGEANT STEVEN J. ROSSA
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS CHIEF SCOUT AND INTELLIGENCE CELL CHIEF, COMPANY D, TASK FORCE 3D LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 8, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (FORWARD) FROM MARCH TO AUGUST 2009 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 09. SERGEANT ROSSA DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY EXERCISING EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY AND BALANCING MULTIPLE DUTIES. AS CHIEF SCOUT, HE LED HIS TEAM TO PROTECT THE COMPANY COMMANDER DURING LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENTS AND TO SPEARHEAD THE UNIT’S SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION ACTIONS WHICH PROVED INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DETENTION OF 7 SUSPECTED INSURGENTS BY THE IRAQI ARMY. AS INTELLIGENCE CELL CHIEF, HE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO COMPANY D’S CONTINUOUS COMBAT OPERATIONS BY COLLECTING, ANALYZING, PRODUCING, AND DISSEMINATING INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS THROUGH A UNIQUE COMPUTER DATABASE THAT HE DEVELOPED. SUPPORTING THE COMPANY’S INFORMATION OPERATIONS, HE DOCUMENTED UNIT ACTIVITIES AND ASSISTED IRAQI ARMY LEADERS IN INFORMING AND ENGAGING THE LOCAL POPULACE. SERGEANT ROSSA’S NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
4TH SEPTEMBER 2009
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