A Raider from the 3rd Marine Raider Battalion was awarded the Silver Star for his actions during the terrorist attack , on Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako , Mali in November 2015 . The Raider led a team that rescued nearly 150 people being held hostage by members of AQIM '' Marine Corps Times '' reported that during Operation Inherent Resolve , Marine Raiders participated in the campaign to liberate Mosul in Iraq from ISIL . On October 20 , 2016 , after receiving small arms fire , a team of Raiders from the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion decided to occupy a point between two enemy controlled villages , later they were attacked by roughly 25 militants and an armored vehicle-borne improvised explosive device . A raider Staff Sergeant engaged and suppressed the dismounted enemy force with a sniper rifle , then exposed himself to enemy fire by climbing atop a vehicle to acquire an FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile and eventually destroyed the explosive-laden armored vehicle . For his actions during the engagement , the raider was awarded the Silver Star . On 30 December 2016 , a Marine from the 2nd Raider Battalion was wounded as a result of enemy action in Iraq
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