Col. Stephen B. Lewallen Jr., left, awards Capt. Lauren F. Reisinger with a Bronze Star Nov. 4 at Camp Hansen for her service with the Office of Security Cooperation while deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She worked tirelessly to build relationships, ensuring coordination and synchronization with higher headquarters, including U.S. Embassy - Baghdad and U.S. Central Command, according to the award citation. Reisinger is a counterintelligence/human intelligence officer with 3rd Intelligence Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. Lewallen is the commanding officer of III MHG, III MEF.