WASHINGTON - Lt. Cmdr. James Cullen and his wife Kathleen Cullen are shown with Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., commandant of the Coast Guard during the White House dinner, called "A Nation's Gratitude: Honoring the U.S. Troops of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn," hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House Feb. 29. Cullen had multiple mobilizations under Operation Iraqi Freedom, and served for a year as the supervisor of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia's Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment team 11 in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Bahrain and Oman, after which he was awarded an Army Commendation Medal and an Army Achievement Medal, along with other awards. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
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