Combined Joint Task Force-10 and Regional Command-East Commander Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Townsend (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Lewis sit down with Spc. Kelii Torres before his Purple Heart Medal ceremony Sept. 5, 2014, at the Regional Command-East Headquarters at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, for sustaining injuries during a vehicle borne bomb to his convoy on Aug. 24, 2014. He also received a Combat Action Badge. Torres, who is from Lawton, Okla., is a forward observer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,


Combined Joint Task Force-10 and Regional Command-East Commander Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Townsend (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Lewis sit down with Spc. Kelii Torres before his Purple Heart Medal ceremony Sept. 5, 2014, at the Regional Command-East Headquarters at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, for sustaining injuries during a vehicle borne bomb to his convoy on Aug. 24, 2014. He also received a Combat Action Badge. Torres, who is from Lawton, Okla., is a forward observer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) out of Fort Campbell, Ky. ( Army photo by Master Sgt. Kap Kim, Combined Joint Task Force-10 PAO) Task Force Strike Soldiers awarded Purple Heart 140905-A-DS387-007


Size: 1936px × 1291px
Photo credit: © PJF Military Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 101st, 1st, 2nd, 502nd, afghanistan, air, airborne, armed, badge, bagram, base, battalion, brigade, cjtf-10, combat, combined, command, commmand-east, conflict, dinh, division, enduring, fenty, field, force-10, forces, freedom, gen., heart, infantry, infantryman, joint, kelii, lewis, maj., military, operating, operation, purple, ray, rc-east, regiment, regional, sgt., spc., states, stephen, task, team, torres, townsend, united, viet, war