Lt. Col. Patrick Stevenson, left, team commander of the 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, awards a Combat Action Badge to Pfc. Joshua Carrington last month at Combat Outpost Pusht Rod in western Afghanistan. Carrington, 20, of Des Moines, Iowa, survived three IED blasts in the span of 10 days earlier this year. 

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