From right, Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock, a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, salutes Lt. Col. Chris Larkin, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron commander, at Hurlburt Field, Fla, June 26, 2012 during Yellock's Bronze Star Medal presentation. 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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From right, Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock, a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, salutes Lt. Col. Chris Larkin, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron commander, at Hurlburt Field, Fla, June 26, 2012 during Yellock's Bronze Star Medal presentation. 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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