U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Ivester, a Greenville, S.C., native and an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is awarded the Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James McConville, commander of Combined Joint Task Force - 101 and Regional Command - East, Aug. 1, 2013, at Forward Operating Base Airborne, eastern Afghanistan. Ivester climbed into a vehicle struck by an improvised explosive device, provided medical aid and saved the lives of four soldiers, April 17, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Elvis Umanzor, 4th IBCT, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs)