Lieutenant Cmdr. Richard H. Jadick, formerly a surgeon with the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, thanks his friends and family for attending his Bronze Star Medal presentation ceremony Jan. 30, 2006 at the Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Jadick was awarded the medal for courageously treating dozens of Marines, sailors and Iraqi soldiers during the battle for Fallujah in Nov. 2004. (Cpl. Mike Escobar/USMC Photo)

Lieutenant Cmdr. Richard H. Jadick, formerly a surgeon with the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, thanks his friends and family for attending his Bronze Star Medal presentation ceremony Jan. 30, 2006 at the Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Jadick was awarded the medal for courageously treating dozens of Marines, sailors and Iraqi soldiers during the battle for Fallujah in Nov. 2004. (Cpl. Mike Escobar/USMC Photo)