Orlando, Fla., resident Staff Sgt. Nathan T. Robbins, a Army Reserve soldier with the 689th Engineer Company (Route Clearance), 841st Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, is pictured here with Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Yingst, senior enlisted adviser for the 926th Engineer Brigade, based in Montgomery, Ala., minutes before he was presented with a Purple Heart for injuries received while deployed to Afghanistan last year. Robbins, a native of San Francisco who moved to Orlando to join the 689th in 2007, was thrilled to have his mother, Marci Berlo, of Anacortes, Wash., aunt Claire and
Orlando, Fla., resident Staff Sgt. Nathan T. Robbins, a Army Reserve soldier with the 689th Engineer Company (Route Clearance), 841st Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, is pictured here with Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Yingst, senior enlisted adviser for the 926th Engineer Brigade, based in Montgomery, Ala., minutes before he was presented with a Purple Heart for injuries received while deployed to Afghanistan last year. Robbins, a native of San Francisco who moved to Orlando to join the 689th in 2007, was thrilled to have his mother, Marci Berlo, of Anacortes, Wash., aunt Claire and her husband, Don Schaffer, of San Francisco, present at the ceremony. "It's not often I get to see my family given we're on opposite coasts of the country. I'm grateful and thankful to the 412th command, the Warrior Transition Unit team here at Fort Bliss, and especially Sgt. 1st Class Nimnualrata for all their help, support and making this possible for me," he said. (Photo by Sgt. Theresa R. Brownfield, Bravo Company, Warrior Transition Battalion-Fort Bliss) Robbins awarded Purple Heart for injuries received in Afghanistan 140128-A-IZ640-231
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