Virginia Guardsman awarded Soldier’s Medal for heroism -- July 23, 2010

A Virginia Army National Guard Soldier on title 10, active-duty orders with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command was awarded the Soldier’s Medal at Fort Monroe July 23 for his actions that resulted in the saving of three men following a boating accident in the Chesapeake Bay Oct. 3, 2009.

Chief Warrant Officer Clifford Bauman was presented the Army’s highest medal for non-combat related actions by Lt. Gen. John E. Sterling, Deputy Chief of Staff for U.S. Army TRADOC, during a presentation ceremony attended by Bauman’s wife, father, and friends and coworkers at Morelli Auditorium on the Hampton base.