FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Army Secretary Dan Driscoll came to Fort Stewart on Thursday to praise a half-dozen soldiers for their quick actions in subduing an armed assailant accused of shooting five people, preventing further bloodshed and rendering life-saving aid to the victims.

"The fast action of these soldiers under stress and under trauma and under fire absolutely saved lives from being lost," Driscoll told a news conference after awarding each soldier the Meritorious Service Medal.

Sgt. Aaron Turner was helping lock down a supply warehouse after gunshots were reported in a neighboring office building. Then he saw a fellow soldier walking past, wearing a hooded sweatshirt over his uniform and holding a handgun.

Instead of ducking for cover, Turner said, he approached the gunman and sta

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