First Lt. Brent Sommers, platoon leader of Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center, and a Kalispell, Mont., native, and Sgt. 1st Class Ramon Contreras, the platoon sergeant with the battalion’s tactical assault command post and a San Jose, Calif., native, receive the Combat Action Badge Aug. 10 at Camp Taji, Iraq. The Combat Action Badge is awarded to soldiers for active engagement or being engaged by the enemy.