Spc. Lauren E. Kopetzky, a Company C, 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Iowa Army National Guard Soldier, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, receives the Iowa National Guard Medal of Merit from Brig. Gen. Steve Altman, Deputy Commanding General for Maneuver, Iowa National Guard, on April 9, 2017, during a ceremony at the Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center, in Johnston, Iowa. Kopetzky was recognized for providing aid to a shooting victim in Ames, Iowa, on August 9, 2016.

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