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Cpl. David Qualls, a motor transport assistant operations chief with Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, stands at parade rest while he waits to be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment headquarters in Houston, Texas, May 20, 2017. In 2014, helped save a man stuck inside a burning vehicle. According to Qualls’ award summary, had he not arrived when he did, the man would have surely died. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)