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Command Sgt. Major Lee Strong, command sergeant major of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare and School, presents an Army Commendation Medal to Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Michael O’Connell, a special operations independent duty corpsman and instructor with the Naval Special Operations Medical Institute at the Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center, during an awards ceremony for the school’s Best Warrior Competition at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, April 19, 2024. O’Connell was the only Navy competitor and took first place in the noncommissioned officer category of the competition, which challenges the competitors on various Soldier tasks including land navigation, oral board, swim test, ruck march, cognitive test, obstacle course and written exam. (U.S. Army photo by K. Kassens)