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Staff Sgt. Brett M. Bartels receives the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal from Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, July 26. Bartels, a career planner with Inspector-Instructor Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 4th Marine Division, received the award for being selected as the active duty Marine of the Year for MARFORRES. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)