LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff reviews the Bronze Star Citation after pinning on the medal on Czech Republic Staff Sgt. Michal Novotny, a native of Olomouc, Czech Republic and a medic with the 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion as Cpl. Iesha Jackson, a native of Riverside, Calif., and the Task Force Bulldog awards clerk looks on. Novotny, was awarded for heroism while assigned to the Czech Republic Provincial Reconstruction Team as a medic; he is credited with saving the life of a Soldier after an IED explosion. Dempsey, the 18th Chairma

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LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff reviews the Bronze Star Citation after pinning on the medal on Czech Republic Staff Sgt. Michal Novotny, a native of Olomouc, Czech Republic and a medic with the 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion as Cpl. Iesha Jackson, a native of Riverside, Calif., and the Task Force Bulldog awards clerk looks on. Novotny, was awarded for heroism while assigned to the Czech Republic Provincial Reconstruction Team as a medic; he is credited with saving the life of a Soldier after an IED explosion. Dempsey, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was in Afghanistan to meet with troops and military commanders. ( Army Photo by Sgt. John D. Ortiz) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visits Bulldog soldiers in Afghanistan 522329

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