170113-M-WP334-0046 CHERRY POINT, N.C. (Jan. 13, 2017) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Staff Sgt. Michael Mendoza during an awards ceremony onboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Mendoza received the Navy Cross for extraordinary valor while serving as Assistant Team Reconnaissance Team Leader, Company B, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jered T. Stone/Released)