Army Sgt. 1st Class Steven Carbonell, assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force 4-25, is awarded the Purple Heart on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 12, 2012. Carbonell was injured on June 1 when a 2,000-pound, vehicle-borne improvised explosive device exploded near his location on FOB Salerno. ( Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly Trumbull) Purple Heart ceremony held on FOB Salerno 120912-A-PO167-015

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