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87th CES EOD technician earns Purple Heart, Combat Action Medal

Maj. Gen. Bill Bender, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, presents Tech. Sgt. Peter Arbelo, 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal training NCO, with a Purple Heart and an Air Force Combat Action Medal March 4, 2013, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Arbello fell victim to an improvised explosive device attack in the Ghanzi Province of Afghanistan June 28, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Russ Meseroll/Released)

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