Marines assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion congratulate Staff Sgt. Alec Haralovich, after he was presented the Silver Star Medal, the nation’s third highest award for combat valor. After Haralovich was shot twice in his body armor by an insurgent, he destroyed an enemy stronghold with a rocket and led his Marines on a two-hour assault after their ambushers during an Afghanistan deployment in 2011. Haralovich is a reconnaissance Marine assigned to E Company, 4th Reconnaissance Bn., 4th Marine Division. - Marines assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion congratulate Staff Sgt. Alec Haralovich, after he was presented the Silver Star Medal, the nation’s third highest award for combat valor. After Haralovich was shot twice in his body armor by an insurgent, he destroyed an enemy stronghold with a rocket and led his Marines on a two-hour assault after their ambushers during an Afghanistan deployment in 2011. Haralovich is a reconnaissance Marine assigned to E Company, 4th Reconnaissance Bn., 4th Marine Division.

The 3rd Reconnaissance Company Marines fast-rope out of a CH-46 and provide cover during a tactical insertion exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2011. The fast-roping exercise was one of many training exercises taking place during Operation Javelin Thrust 2011. - The 3rd Reconnaissance Company Marines fast-rope out of a CH-46 and provide cover during a tactical insertion exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2011. The fast-roping exercise was one of many training exercises taking place during Operation Javelin Thrust 2011.