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Army Capt. Dennis Edwards, left, an operations officer assigned to Task Force Lobos, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, awaits the presentation of the Soldier’s Medal, the Army’s highest peacetime award for valor, as Army Lt. Col. William Huff, right, Edwards’ supervisor, briefs attendees on Edwards’ actions that earned him the medal during a ceremony on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2011. Edwards received the award for his efforts to extract two drivers whose vehicles had caught fire during a traffic accident in Killeen, Texas, on Jan. 27, 2011, according to the citation. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas

Army Capt. Dennis Edwards, left, an operations officer assigned to Task Force Lobos, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, awaits the presentation of the Soldier’s Medal, the Army’s highest peacetime award for valor, as Army Lt. Col. William Huff, right, Edwards’ supervisor, briefs attendees on Edwards’ actions that earned him the medal during a ceremony on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2011. Edwards received the award for his efforts to extract two drivers whose vehicles had caught fire during a traffic accident in Killeen, Texas, on Jan. 27, 2011, according to the citation. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas

Army Capt. Dennis Edwards, left, an operations officer assigned to Task Force Lobos, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, awaits the presentation of the Soldier’s Medal, the Army’s highest peacetime award for valor, as Army Lt. Col. William Huff, right, Edwards’ supervisor, briefs attendees on Edwards’ actions that earned him the medal during a ceremony on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2011. Edwards received the award for his efforts to extract two drivers whose vehicles had caught fire during a traffic accident in Killeen, Texas, on Jan. 27, 2011, according to the citation. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas

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