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Fort Benning Rangers awarded for their actions in Afghanistan

During a U.S. Army Ranger raid in Afghanistan, an enemy soldier pushed away Sgt. Robert J. Troemel’s rifle and tried to stab him in the throat. Troemel blocked the knife, which went through his hand, then drew his own knife, blocked more thrusts and killed the enemy attacker by stabbing him in the throat.

Troemel and 25 other members of the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning were recognized Thursday for their actions in Afghanistan between Dec. 15 and July 9. Troemel was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor and the Purple Heart.

“That is what we train for,” said Troemel, 26, after the ceremony at the 3rd Ranger Battalion Memorial. Troemel, who hails from Lansdale, Pa., has been deployed four times -- once to Iraq and three times to Afghanistan -- in the last four years.

AWARDS

ORDER OF ST. MAURICE: Named after the leader of the Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd Century, the Order of St. Maurice is presented to those who have made a significant contribution to the Infantry.

BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH VALOR DEVICE: The Bronze Star Medal is a military decoration that may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit or meritorious service. As a medal, it is awarded for merit and with the “V” for valor device if awarded for heroism. It’s the fourth-highest combat award of the U.S. Armed Forces.

ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH VALOR: The Commendation Medal is a mid-level U.S. military decoration presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service for valorous actions in direct contact with an enemy force.

PURPLE HEART: The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the U.S. military who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. It is the oldest award that is still presented to members of the U.S. military.

“It was a great deployment,” he said. “We only had a couple of people to get injured.

Carl Lewis y Merlene Ottey los reyes indiscutibles de los Mundiales ...

Madrid, España.- Los Mundiales de atletismo afrontarán desde este sábado su decimotercera edición, casi tres décadas después de que Helsinki83 alzara el telón de una competición en la que los reyes siguen siendo dos mitos como el estadounidense Carl Lewis y la caribeña posteriormente nacionalizada eslovena Merlene Ottey.

Entre los 11.141 atletas de 220 países que han tomado parte en los Mundiales, que tuvieron a la maratoniana noruega Grete Waitz como su primera campeona en Helsinki83, Lewis, el hijo del viento, acumuló en sus participaciones un total de diez metales, ocho oros, una plata y un bronce, entre sus numerosas presencias en 100, 200, longitud y 4x100.

No obstante, su compatriota Michael Johnson, todavía plusmarquista universal de los 400 metros (con sus 43.18 de Sevilla 99), le iguala en victorias.

Ottey, que ganó todas sus medallas como jamaicana, sumó en su dilatada e interminable carrera catorce podios, con tres oros (4x100 en Tokio91, y 200 m. en Stuttgart93 y Gotemburgo95), cuatro platas y siete bronces.

En calidad de las medallas, la superan las estadounidenses Allyson Felix (6/0/0), una de las grandes figuras de los últimos tiempos, Gail Devers (5/3/0), Jearl Miles Clark (4/3/2), Marion Jones (4/1/1), Sanya Richards (4/1/0) y Jackie Joyner-Kersee (4/0/0), y la etíope Tirunesh Dibaba (4/0/0).

Ottey y Lewis, como no podía ser menos, son los mejores en las tablas de puntos (se computan del primero al octavo) individuales.

La jamaicana de nacimiento suma 101 y el norteamericano 82. En ambos casos se tienen en cuenta la clasificación así mismo con los relevos.

En los anales figura también como gran referencia el zar Sergei Bubka, quien venció la prueba de pértiga en seis oportunidades, entre Helsinki83 y Atenas97.

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