Riptide | Marines Save Divers in Japan
Channel: Marines
Date: 2018-01-19

1st Lt. Aaron Cranford is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion Headquarters building on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 8, 2018, for saving the lives of four divers at a recreational dive spot in Okinawa. He risked his life to rescue divers who were caught in a rip current at Onna Point, Okinawa, Japan in April, 2017.

(U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Josue Marquez)