Spc. Kristopher Nichols, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, is being presented with the Combat Infantryman Badge by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Richard Whittingslow, the Commander of the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, during an awards ceremony held Thu, Feb. 6 at Forward Operating Base Lightning, Afghanistan. Nichols received the award for actively participating in a ground combat operation Nov 16.