 Welcome to All Hands Update, this is today's news. Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro Salabaria, a Navy corpsman with 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, will be awarded the Silver Star Medal for his heroic actions during a 2014 deployment to Afghanistan. Salabaria was serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom when his team was engaged by a rogue Afghan commando. He maneuvered into the kill zone, using his body as a shield to protect a severely wounded fellow corpsman. Salabaria then engaged and killed the rogue commando, rendered aid to the injured and coordinated their evacuation from the area, saving his team. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Marsock Headquarters aboard Stone Bay Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, February 5th. Auxiliary Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship, USNS Chokhtal County, arrived in the US 5th Fleet Area of Operations, making it the first time a ship of its kind is forward deployed to the region. You can read more about what's happening around your Navy at Navy.mil.