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Maj. Gen. Daniel J. O'Donohue presents the Naval Chaplaincy Excellence award to Petty Officer 3rd Class Dawaylon Farr at Camp Pendleton, Feb. 23, 2016. The ceremony recognized Lt. Michael Kennedy and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dawaylon Farr for going above and beyond the call of duty to provide spiritual guidance and renewed faith to Marines and sailors serving I Marine Expeditionary Force. O’Donohue, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, was a guest speaker and presented awards to the recipients. Kennedy is a chaplain with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Mar. Div. Farr is a religious program specialist with 1st Bn., 4th Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pvt. Robert Bliss/Released) - Maj. Gen. Daniel J. O'Donohue presents the Naval Chaplaincy Excellence award to Petty Officer 3rd Class Dawaylon Farr at Camp Pendleton, Feb. 23, 2016. The ceremony recognized Lt. Michael Kennedy and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dawaylon Farr for going above and beyond the call of duty to provide spiritual guidance and renewed faith to Marines and sailors serving I Marine Expeditionary Force. O’Donohue, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, was a guest speaker and presented awards to the recipients. Kennedy is a chaplain with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Mar. Div. Farr is a religious program specialist with 1st Bn., 4th Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pvt. Robert Bliss/Released)

Corporal Richard J. Zondor, a rifleman with Combined Anti-armor Team 2, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, poses with the six-year-old Fada Mohamad; his father, Haji Mirbash; and Afghan National Army soldier Narhaden, Oct. 14, in Laki, Helamand province, Afghanistan. While holding security at a nearby checkpoint, Zondor dove into a canal to save Mohamad, who had fallen in while hearding sheep across a bridge with his father. - Corporal Richard J. Zondor, a rifleman with Combined Anti-armor Team 2, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, poses with the six-year-old Fada Mohamad; his father, Haji Mirbash; and Afghan National Army soldier Narhaden, Oct. 14, in Laki, Helamand province, Afghanistan. While holding security at a nearby checkpoint, Zondor dove into a canal to save Mohamad, who had fallen in while hearding sheep across a bridge with his father.