170113-M-WP334-0074 CHERRY POINT, N.C. (Jan. 13, 2017) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus presents the Silver Star to HM1 Michael Atkinson (Ret) during an awards ceremony onboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Atkinson received the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as a corpsman with Company E, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, in support of 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jered T. Stone/Released)