Captain Amy Cooper 
23 June, 2008 04:44:00 
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HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- An Air Force Special Operations Command pararescueman has been named the 2008 Air Force Sergeants Association Pitsenbarger Award winner for his heroic actions during an October 2007 firefight against enemy combatants in Afghanistan. 

Tech. Sgt. Davide Keaton, 24th Special Tactics Squadron, is personally responsible for saving the lives of five people during a shootout against Taliban fighters. 

The five lives he saved, however, were not those of his coalition teammates--they were those of three Afghan children and two Afghan women who were used as human shields by the enemy. 

The day of this particular mission started out no differently than others he experienced during his deployment, for which he was the sole pararescueman with an elite special operations team. 

"We train the way we fight," Sergeant Keaton said. "I woke ... Читать дальше »