David Alan Major from Alma, AR, served a 20-year career in the Army, retiring at the rank of Master Sergeant in 2008. He earned the Bronze Star Medal for valor during the Gulf War Desert Storm as a combat medic with the First Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment of the First Infantry Division. On the night of February 27, 1991, while engaging the enemy in poor weather and low visibility conditions, he was inside his ambulance behind some M1 tanks when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle was hit, resulting in casualties. Without regard for his own safety, he responded promptly. Despite enemy fire and a heavily mined area, he treated five injured soldiers, some with life-threatening wounds. After stabilizing them, he and his partner evacuated the wounded to an aid station and then rejoined their unit to continue the engagement. All five wounded soldiers survived. Throughout his Army career, David Alan Major also earned four awards of the Meritorious Service Medal for his professionalism in various Army Medical Hospitals, as well as for his training and mentoring programs.