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IrelandHegseth awards Joint Service Commendation Medal to tomb sentinel
Forbes Breaking News reports that Specialist Iglesias received the honor after reminding the defense secretary's group to maintain silence and respect.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 325,234 views a day, 34 times a normal first day on this channel (9,459).
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The Pentagon backed the guard. Specialist Iglesias, who reprimanded Pete Hegseth's entourage at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day, has received the Joint Service Commendation Medal, Forbes Breaking News reports.
The channel's text-and-photo report cites CNN and Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell for the award. Parnell said the soldier "correctly and respectfully reminded everyone to maintain decorum."
That is the development since the encounter we described, as we reported here: members of Hegseth's group laughed and chatted nearby, prompting the sentinel to call for silence and respect. The new upload uses archival photographs and onscreen text rather than footage of a medal presentation.
It drew about 129,000 views within six hours, a much faster start than the channel's usual Shorts. Its comment section had also already grown far beyond a typical full day's activity.
The report places the award alongside Hegseth's political difficulties, recapping the House decision to refer Representative Thomas Massie's impeachment articles to committee. A separate Forbes upload features Massie being asked about Democratic absences during that vote, and also drew an unusually fast audience.
U.S. secretary of defense since 2025, an Army veteran and former television personality.
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Which medal did Specialist Iglesias receive, according to the report?
The report identifies the award as the Joint Service Commendation Medal.