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																		| Stars and Stripes | Pararescueman awarded Silver Star for treating Green Berets during Afghan firefight Staff Sgt. Nicholas Brunetto never expected to receive an award for his actions in combat with a Special Forces team ambushed in Afghanistan earlier this year.
 
 “A lot of it was just being there and doing the job that I had volunteered for,” the pararescueman said in an Air Force video released last week. On Thursday, he received the Silver Star Medal for his lifesaving efforts in February.
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																		| Listen to episode 45 of Concerned Veterans for America’s podcast, Echo Echo Whiskey, to hear about what’s happening in foreign policy. |  
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