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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Niel E. Nelson, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, (left), and Sgt. Maj. William R. Frye, Sergeant Major of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe & Africa (right), discuss Sgt. Matthew A. Sprankle, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (middle) actions after receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, aboard Morón Air Base, Spain, Jan. 26, 2016, for saving a Senegalese man from drowning last August. The award is the highest non-combative decoration for heroism awarded by the U.S. Department of the Navy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kassie L. McDole/Released)
160126-M-QM580-036.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Kassie McDole

Jan 28, 2016
Morón Air Base, Spain - U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Niel E. Nelson, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, (left), and Sgt. Maj. William R. Frye, Sergeant Major of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe & Africa (right), discuss Sgt. Matthew A. Sprankle, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (middle) actions after receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, aboard Morón Air Base, Spain, Jan. 26, 2016, for saving a Senegalese man from drowning last August. The award is the highest non-combative decoration for heroism awarded by the U.S. Department of the Navy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kassie L. McDole/Released)


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