Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus delivers a speech before awarding the nation's second and third highest awards for combat valor to three Marines and a Sailor from 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command at 1st MSOB headquarters aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. Dec. 3. Sergeant William B. Soutra was awarded the Navy Cross, and Maj. James T. Rose, SSgt. Frankie J. Shinost and Hospitalman 1st Class Patrick B. Quill were each awarded the Silver Star for extraordinary heroism exhibited during a combat mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan nearly two years ago (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle McNally/Released).