Marine and Sailors Awarded After Saving Marine's Life

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Joseph Mendez, left, a Brooklyn, New York native and the sergeant major of 2d Marine Division, shakes hands with U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Efrain Barrera, a Coalinga, California native and field medical technician with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d MARDIV, during an award ceremony at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 11, 2024. Barrera, along with three service members, was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for rendering aid to a Marine during a live-fire exercise, ultimately saving his life. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Weston Lindstrom)

Marine and Sailors Awarde...

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Weston Lindstrom/Released 240811-M-NL718-1172.JPG

Aug 15, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Joseph Mendez, left, a Brooklyn, New York native and the sergeant major of 2d Marine Division, shakes hands with U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Efrain Barrera, a Coalinga, California native and field medical technician with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d MARDIV, during an award ceremony at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 11, 2024. Barrera, along with three service members, was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for rendering aid to a Marine during a live-fire exercise, ultimately saving his life. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Weston Lindstrom)

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