Gdovin, from Westlake, Ohio, was awarded the Silver Star Medal by U.S. Senator Rob Portman ... the Combat Infantry Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the Expert Marksmanship Badge and the Republic ...

A couple of the statistics will be hard to miss: More than 9,000 female troops have earned Combat Action Badges during modern ... including the Silver Star, the Army's third-highest valor award.

Despite recently being awarded the Silver Star, one of the military’s highest ... Strous earned his second award of the Combat Medical Badge, awarded to medical personnel serving with a ground ...