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A Marine truck mechanic received a medal typically awarded to more senior service members for saving the Defense Department more than $140 million through work he began as a teenage lance corporal. Cpl. Gage Barbieri, now 21, received the Meritorious Service Medal on Friday from Col. Damon Burrows, commanding officer of 2nd Marine Division’s Headquarters Battalion. Barbieri is only the second Marine corporal to receive the Meritorious Service Medal since at least 2008, Burrows wrote on LinkedIn

COMMANDO Sergeant Todd Langley - Australia's 28th combat fatality in Afghanistan - was yesterday posthumously awarded the US Meritorious Service Medal for heroism against an armed enemy. The award was bestowed during a ramp ceremony at Richmond air base attended by Chief of the Defence Force David Hurley, Army Chief David Morrison and Special Operations Command head Gus Gilmore. Sergeant Langley, 35, was killed in action last Monday during a firefight with Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan. He was hailed at RAAF Richmond on Sydney's northwest outskirts as a warrior who led from the front. "His family, the broader army...

Story Number: NNS040419-05 Release Date: 4/19/2004 11:36:00 AM By Journalist 1st Class Brigette A. Moritz, Naval Reserve Naval Media Center BALTIMORE (NNS) -- Twenty-six Reservists from Naval Reserve Center (NRC) Baltimore received awards during a ceremony April 17, for rescuing passengers of the Lady D, a Baltimore Harbor water taxi that capsized during a storm March 6. Within minutes of the accident, the Reservists were in the NRC’s small landing craft and on the scene. According to Chief Storekeeper Ricardo Duncan, administrative department head for Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Det. 106. Once the Reservists reached the water taxi,...