Lt. Col. Shilisa Geter, left, commander of “Griffin” Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and a McRae, Ga., native, pins a Bronze Star Medal onto the uniform of 1st Lt. Daniel Brown, a supply officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd AAB and a Dallas native, Oct. 1, at Camp Liberty, Iraq. The Bronze Star Medal is given for heroic or meritorious achievement or service and was first awarded during World War II.