Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock Jr., a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, walks to his Bronze Star Medal ceremony, June 26, 2012 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Yellock received the Bronze Star for his deployment to Afghanistan in 2011 -- a deployment in which he was significantly wounded by an Improvised Explosive Device

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock Jr., a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, walks to his Bronze Star Medal ceremony, June 26, 2012 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Yellock received the Bronze Star for his deployment to Afghanistan in 2011 -- a deployment in which he was significantly wounded by an Improvised Explosive Device

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