{"id":14923,"date":"2017-10-23T16:19:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/23\/36-fitz-sailors-receive-navy-and-marine-corps-commendation-medal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:43:32","slug":"36-fitz-sailors-receive-navy-and-marine-corps-commendation-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2017\/10\/23\/36-fitz-sailors-receive-navy-and-marine-corps-commendation-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"36 Fitz sailors receive Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty-six sailors who were aboard the destroyer Fitzgerald on June 17 when it collided with a merchant vessel off Japan received Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals in a ceremony Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The medals were awarded for the crew\u2019s damage-control efforts after the ship was struck and rapidly flooded, a disaster in which seven sailors drowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Navy has released a harrowing account of how the Fitz crew saved their ship, just how the collision happened in the first place remains unclear as several investigations continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal is awarded to troops who distinguish themselves by heroism, outstanding achievement or meritorious service.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/08\/17\/water-on-deck-get-out-the-navys-official-report-of-the-fitzgeralds-catastrophe-at-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-17-at-5.48.43-PM.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Water on deck!\u2018 \u2018Get out!\u2018 \u2014 The Navy&#8217;s official report of the Fitzgerald&#8217;s catastrophe at sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Sailors had less than a minute to escape as seawater blasted through a massive hole in the destroyer Fitzgerald after a container ship struck its starboard side on June 19.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garret Zopfi and Kumi Bergstraser, two of the ship\u2019s ombudsmen that support Fitz families, received flag letters of commendation at Friday\u2019s ceremony in Japan, which was overseen by 7th Fleet commander Vice Adm. 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