delta company 2nd platoon was inserted into assadabad afghanistan at fob wright in june 2011 and manned remotely positioned observation post nevada upon a ridge line 8 kilometers from the pakistan border over seeing the sar kani village and the kunar valley. they received many distinguished decorations to include the purple heart, the arcom; they conducted more than 75 combat missions in which they were either a gunner, driver or dismounted personnel, the nato award was awarded for service in relation to isaf operations, the over seas service ribbon (osr), the global war on terrorism service medal (gwotsm), afghanistan campaign medal with 1st campaign star, certain members of the platoon were awarded the combat infantry badge for direct participation in ground combat action for having been personally present and under hostile enemy fire in afghanistan, pech valley, kunar province while leaving cop honaker-miracle the patrol was ambushed with ied explosion dividing the element in half they relied on their training and prevailed with no casualties, on 17 aug 2011 while serving with prt kunar in direct support of operation enduring freedom, the navy achievement medal was awarded to the national guard soldiers that were attached with the navy element