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SDDC junior officer receives award.

By Scandrett, Richard
Publication: Translog
Date: Thursday, June 22 2006

A veteran of Iraq and member of the 1173rd Transportation Terminal Battalion won the 2005 Reserve Officers Association's Maj. Gen. Strom Thurmond Junior Officer of the Year Award. First Lt. Joseph Wanat of the Brockton, Mass., unit received the prestigious award Feb. 6 from Lt. Gen. James Helmly, the Chief of Army Reserve at the Reserve Officers Association mid-winter conference.

Staff Sgt. Dana Vietti, a soldier from the 1173rd who served in Baghdad with Wanat said Wanat is a model officer.

"In my five years in the Army, I have never met anyone who exemplif

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