A Navy officer from Hawai'i Kai was presented the Bronze Star with Combat "V" device for service in Iraq.

Lt. Sean S. Kido, officer in charge of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Carrier Strike Group Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, was presented the medal on July 2 by Rear Adm. Rick Wren, strike group commander, during a ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier at Pearl Harbor.

Kido received the award for service as explosive ordnance disposal officer in charge of the Special Operations Task Force–West between April 6 and Oct. 1, 2007.

"I'm proud to have this award and be in the company of the very deserving recipients who have and do wear this award," Kido said in a news release. "We were just trying to do what we could to complete the mission, make the area safer and get everyone back home safely."