David Foland, an administrative support technician at the Portland, Ore., Military Entrance Processing Station, received the Western Sector Coin for Excellence March 7 for thwarting a would-be shooter at a pub in Troutdale, Ore., in February.
Oregon police say an intoxicated man who entered a bar with a shotgun was tackled and disarmed by quick thinking patrons who hit him in the face with his own gun.