Pfc. Jessica Lynn Nicholson, 21, a soldier with the 1st Armored Division, 40th Engineer Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, earned the Army Commendation Medal after a June 7 incident in which she subdued an Iraqi man who passed through her Baghdad checkpoint carrying a grenade. Nicholson was assigned to the checkpoint to search women. The incident occurred when one of the other Soldiers at the checkpoint was suspicious after conducting a preliminary search of the car. When he discovered the weapon, he yelled, "grenade." Nicholson then took the suspect to the ground, holding him until he could be restrained with...