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Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly, chief of the Army Reserve, left, presents Spec. Jeremy L. Church, 724th Transportation Company, with the Silver Star on Feb. 27, 2005, for his actions in Iraq. Church's Silver Star was the first awarded to an Army reservist in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Next to Church is 1st Lt. Matthew Brown, who commanded the convoy that was ambushed after it left Balad, Iraq, on April 9, 2004. Church was credited with saving the lives of Brown and others.

Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly, chief of the Army Reserve, left, presents Spec. Jeremy L. Church, 724th Transportation Company, with the Silver Star on Feb. 27, 2005, for his actions in Iraq. Church's Silver Star was the first awarded to an Army reservist in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Next to Church is 1st Lt. Matthew Brown, who commanded the convoy that was ambushed after it left Balad, Iraq, on April 9, 2004. Church was credited with saving the lives of Brown and others.

Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly, chief of the Army Reserve, left, presents Spec. Jeremy L. Church, 724th Transportation Company, with the Silver Star on Feb. 27, 2005, for his actions in Iraq. Church's Silver Star was the first awarded to an Army reservist in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Next to Church is 1st Lt. Matthew Brown, who commanded the convoy that was ambushed after it left Balad, Iraq, on April 9, 2004. Church was credited with saving the lives of Brown and others.

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