What medals did you earn and which one made you feel the proudest?

I rather not discuss the medals awarded to me however, I am most proud of serving with Soldiers worthy of receiving appropriate recognition for their actions during combat operations in 2006 in Iraq. Here are three of many in the unit:

1LT Walter Jackson - Distinguished Service Cross (http://www.army.mil/article/5921/lieutenant-awarded-distinguished-service-cross/)

1SG (SFC at the time) Mark Newlin - Purple Heart; Silver Star; Bronze Star with Valor; Bronze Star; Army Commendation Medal with Valor - all during the same deployment! (http://www.army.mil/article/31974/humble-hero/)

SPC Darius L. Smith Silver Star (http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=72119)

MSMs, ARCOMs, AAMS, GCM, NDSMs, etc. I am proud of each of them as well as well of the others SPC Margaret Higgins

FYI Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless CW5 John M. MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Michael Thorin SGT (Join to see) SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SP5 Robert Ruck Maj Marty Hogan SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSgt Brian Brakke

3 MSM's and the 1st one was the most special because I was a SMSgt and we were instructed to wear Blues to a staff meeting. When I got there, a Cpt in our unit who had not been there long looked at my uniform and loudly shouted, "Airman! What the hell is wrong with your uniform?" (I didn't even have a Commendation or Achievement Medal!)- I snapped to attention and respectfully responded with, "Sir, I'm not sure, SIR!" - He proceeded to tell me that either he was completely wrong about everything he thought about me to this point or I had some really crappy supervisors during my career. I advised him that one of the reasons I considered myself to be an above average supervisor was just for that reason - I had learned so much about what NOT to do! Then I proceeded to tell him that I was directly responsible for 10 different Airmen receiving 12 different medals just within the last 12 months. It was only a few months later that I received my first MSM as a direct result of this Cpt and his willingness to be a GREAT leader!