March 24, 2016
CENTCOM employee named ‘2015 Hero of the Year’
Each day, service members are required to make correct, timely, and difficult decisions, often with life or death hanging in the balance. That is why it should be no surprise that U.S. Army Reserve 1st Lt. Jessica Purcell, of the 478th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) and a government contractor in U.S. Central Command’s J8 Directorate, chose to stop and assist a local Tampa man in desperate need of help.