From left to right: Staff Sgt. Brian Buhrer, Tech. Sgt. Ronnie Brickey and Staff Sgt. David Adkins stand together Jan. 5, 2012, after being awarded Purple Heart Medals during a ceremony at Travis AFB, Calif. All three airmen are assigned to the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron's explosive ordnance disposal flight members, and were injured during improvised explosive device attacks during combat missions in Afghanistan. The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the United States armed forces who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy, or posthumously to the next of kin in the
From left to right: Staff Sgt. Brian Buhrer, Tech. Sgt. Ronnie Brickey and Staff Sgt. David Adkins stand together Jan. 5, 2012, after being awarded Purple Heart Medals during a ceremony at Travis AFB, Calif. All three airmen are assigned to the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron's explosive ordnance disposal flight members, and were injured during improvised explosive device attacks during combat missions in Afghanistan. The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the United States armed forces who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy, or posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who were killed in action or died of wounds received in action.
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