Eglin Marine Honored with Silver Star
A Marine at Eglin Air Force Base was recently honored with the country's third-highest medal for valor.
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12/6/2005
Jennifer_Otto@link.freedom.com
A Marine at Eglin Air Force Base was recently honored with the country's third-highest medal for valor.
Staff Sgt. Jason Navarrette, an instructor at the Naval Explosive Ordinance Disposal School at Eglin, received the Silver Star for saving his comrades in Iraq.
Navarrette was a technician in a Marine Expeditionary Force unit when his team was ambushed in Iraq. While helping stranded Marines, he suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm. He did not let that stop him from saving other marines.
In addition to the Silver Star, Navarrette was honored with a Purple Heart.
This is the 24th Silver Star awarded since the start of the War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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