Jacob Schlauder, center, a corpsman with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, is about to be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a combat distinguishing device before a town hall meeting aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 18, 2014.  General Amos personally presented the medal with combat “V” to Schlauder, who despite suffering injuries himself, rendered medical aid to Marines who were injured in an attack when their vehicle was struck by an armor-piercing, rocket-propelled grenade while on patrol Jan. 25, 2014.