FORWARD OPERATING BASE SABIT QADAM, SANGIN DISTRICT, HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Navy Lt. Jonathan T. Lau, battalion surgeon, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, reports a patient’s vitals to Petty Officer 3rd Class Dranreb Villegas, left, a corpsman, 3rd Bn., 7th Marines, Jan. 31, 2014. Lau, a 29-year-old native of Whittier, Calif., and his team of corpsmen have saved many lives of coalition service members and the Afghan locals in the Sangin District. 3-7 Battalion surgeon awarded for lifesaving medical care 140128-M-HQ478-477

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