Marawi hero becomes first Filipino recipient of West Point award for valor
A Philippine Army (PA) officer who led a daring ambush against terrorist forces during the Marawi siege in 2017 was awarded the 2024 Alexander R. Nininger Award for Valor at Arms by the United States Military Academy or West Point graduates last week.
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00:00A Philippine Army officer who led a daring ambush against terrorist forces during the
00:05Marawi siege in 2017 was awarded the 2024 Alexander R. Nininger Award for valor at arms
00:15by the United States Military Academy or West Point graduates last week.
00:21Major Florin Herrera, who graduated from the West Point in 2013, was presented the award
00:27by the West Point Association of Graduates at the Cadet Mess Hall of West Point in New
00:32York City on October 10th, making him the first Filipino graduate of the academy to
00:37receive the much-coveted medal.
00:40In his acceptance speech, the Philippine Consulate General in New York said that Herrera reflected
00:45on his journey as a leader and the sacrifices made by his fellow soldiers, emphasizing that
00:51true success is not measured by rank or accolades, but by the sustainable difference one makes
00:57in the lives of others and in the organizations they lead.