FOR EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS AN ADVANCE FORCE RECONN SERGEANT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM IN AFGHANISTAN. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT FIRST CLASS NETTIPOT DISPLAYED THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF PROFESSIONALISM, SOUND JUDGMENT, AND TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL COMPETENCE DURING EXTREMELY SENSITIVE RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS. HIS EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE COMBINED WITH HIS UNTIRING PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE WERE MAJOR FACTORS IN HIS TEAM'S ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION. THROUGH HIS DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SERGEANT FIRST CLASS NETTIPOT REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THIS COMMAND AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY.