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Jan 1, 1980

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.- Captain Brian G. Cillessen, Company Commander, Company C, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, talks about his actions which lead to him being awarded a Silver Star Medal here April 20, for actions in Afghanistan. The Silver Star Medal is the fourth highest military decoration awarded to service members. An Aztec, N.M., native, he was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom when a volley of rocket propelled grenades and machine gun fire disabled the lead vehicle in his convoy. Cillessen quickly directed the immediate action of the Afghan soldiers around him in what became a four-hour long fire fight.(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David A. Weikle) (RELEASED)

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