Capt. Andrew Kim, intelligence officer, Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group, prepares to receive a Silver Star Medal from Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Glenn M. Walters at Sunset Cinema aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. May 18, 2017. Kim’s Bronze Star Medal was upgraded to a Silver Star Medal, the third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat, through an initiative from the Department of Defense to review valor awards for actions after Sept. 11, 2001.

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