article_snippet: Andrew C. Seif (left) and Staff Sgt.
article_snippet: Andrew C. Seif was a Silver Star Medal recipient who received the award for facing enemy fire to save a mortally wounded friend in Afghanistan in July 2012.
article_snippet: Andrew C. Seif was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, and lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until middle-school when Andrew C. Seif family moved to Holland, Michigan, the seven Marines said.
article_snippet: Seif, 26, grew up playing soldier in Andrew C. Seif backyard and joined the seven Marines just weeks after graduating from high school, according to an article about Andrew C. Seif award published this week in the Camp Lejeune Globe, the post newspaper.
article_snippet: By 2012, Andrew C. Seif had spent two years as a special forces operator with the 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, which operates from the Middle East to Central Asia.
article_snippet: Seif and his teammate, Sgt.
article_snippet: Seif's wife was at Seif side when Seif received the medal.
article_snippet: Seif attended Henry Ford Community College for one year before joining the Marine Corps in 2006.
article_snippet: Initially, Seif was a mechanic in an armored reconnaissance battalion at Camp Pendleton in California.
article_snippet: Seif served two tours in Iraq in 2007 and 2008.
article_snippet: Seif decorations include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Valor.
highlights_snippet: Andrew C. Seif was a Silver Star Medal recipient who received the award for facing enemy fire to save a mortally wounded friend in Afghanistan .