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Honoring the Honorable

Army Sgt. Maj. Katrina O'Coin, right, receives a retroactive Combat Action Badge from Command Sgt. Maj Robert Atkinson during a ceremony at Fort Knox, Ky., June 18, 2025. While serving in Afghanistan in 2006, O'Coin assisted in treating a solider who was impaled by a impaled rocket-propelled grenade at great danger to herself and the medical team.

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