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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two Marines shake hands as one passes a certificate to the other.

Medal Moment

Marine Corps Lt. Col. George R. Gordy IV, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, awards rifleman Lance Cpl. Tercell Byrd the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 30, 2021. Byrd received the medal for heroic actions he took to save a woman’s life on April 28, 2018.

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