PHOTOS: MND-B CG presents Bronze Star with 'V' Device to 2nd SCR Soldiers

By Spc. Benjamin Crane

BAGHDAD - Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, the commanding general of Multi-National Division - Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division, presents a Bronze Star Medal with 'V' Devise for Valor to Sgt. Aaron Lopez, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, with the 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Striker Cavalry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division., MND-B, at the 2nd SCR headquarters building at Command Outpost Apache July 4. Hammond also awarded the Bronze Star with 'V' Device to Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Kuban, a native of San Diego, who serves with Recon Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Bn.,2nd SCR. The two men led their teams in battle during the fight for the Sadr City district of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, the commanding general of Multi-National Division - Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division, speaks with the Soldiers of MND-B's 1st Battalion, 2nd Striker Cavalry Regiment, at the unit's headquarters on Command Outpost Apache in the Dhamiyah district of Baghdad July 4. While there, Hammond awarded the Bronze Star Medal with 'V' device for Valor to Sgt. Aaron Lopez, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, and Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Kuban, a native of San Diego, both assigned to 2nd SCR, for leading their teams in battle during the fight for the Sadr City district of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Kuban (left), a native of San Diego, who serves with Recon Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Striker Cavalry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, and Sgt. Aaron Lopez, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, who serves with 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Bn., 2nd SCR, were both awarded Bronze Star medal with 'V' device for Valor Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, the commanding general of Multi-National Division - Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division, for leading their teams in battle during the fight for the Sadr City district of Baghdad at their unit's headquarters at Command Outpost Apache in the Dhamiyah district of Baghdad July 4.

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