Lt. Col. David Dellinger, commander of the 101st Airborne Division's Special Troops Battalion and Task Force Gladiator, receives an Afghan Bravery Medal from the presidential palace from Mohammad Ashraf Rasulle, legal adviser for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, at Bagram Air Field on May 20. In addition to security, during its 15-month deployment, TF Gladiator conducted several successful developmental projects in the Parwan Province, to include new schools, road construction, and natural resource and irrigation development. Dellinger is the first U.S. Army officer to receive the Afghan award.