Photos: 82nd Airborne commander visits Paratroopers in Iraq, presents combat awards before heading to Afghanistan.
Vice President | 25 May 2009By Sgt. 1st Class Alex Licea
3rd BCT PAO, 82nd Abn. Div., MND-B
BAGHDAD – Maj. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, awards the Army Commendation Medal with Valor to Pfc. Theodore Medina, of Denver, Colo., assigned to Troop A, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Abn. Div., Multi-National Division – Baghdad, May 21 at Joint Security Station Loyalty, located in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad. Scaparrotti awarded five Paratroopers with the valor awarded and pinned more than 35 combat badges to members of the regiment for their actions in late March during a series of violence in the al-Fadhil neighborhood of eastern Baghdad.
Maj. Gen. Scararrotti, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, awards the combat infantryman badge to Capt. Frank A. Rodriguez, of Cameron, N.C., commander of Troop A., 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Abn. Div., Multi-National Division
Maj. Gen. Scararrotti, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, awards the combat action badge to Spc. Carlos Lopez-Correa, assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Abn. Div.
