US Air Force Lt. Col. Edward Lothar Fieg of Oneonta, NY -- currently attached to the Afghan Army in Afghanistan -- has been nominated to receive the Bronze Star. Other than the Gold Star, which is awarded posthumously, the Bronze Star is the armed forces highest performance decoration for valor in the field after the Silver Star and Medal of Honor.
He also has been recommended for promotion to full colonel.
Dr. Fieg's citation notes that while stationed at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital he led his team of 15 Air Force medical professionals in support of more than 50,000 Afghan National Army troops and Afghan National Police in some of the bloodiest fighting ever recorded in the Middle East.
Over the past 10 months his team treated mass casuality events in which hundreds of people were severely injured by suicide bombers.
He also supervised routine care for more than 15,000 inpatients and outpatients including 579 major surgical operations, including those among 56 helicopter missions taking ememy fire or sustaining injury as a result of other mishaps.
Fieg is expected to return home to the Dayton, Ohio area from his more than 13-month tour in February.
It is his second Middle Eastern assignment, having previously served in Iraq. He also formerly served two tours in South Korea. He has served in the armed forces for more than two decades.
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