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Lieutenant Gen. John W. Bergman, the commander of Marine Forces Reserve, hands Cpl. Jason Mauro, an aerial gunner and observer with HMM-774 and a Virginia Beach, Va., native, a challenge coin at Al Asad, Iraq, Dec. 7. ?It?s nice to know our hard work, sweat and blood get recognized and appreciated by a man of his magnitude,? said Mauro. ?I like to believe I accepted his coin for the entire unit?s achievements and not just my own.?