FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Cpl. Helen Ruhl, a 4th Infantry Division Soldier, was given the Bronze Star Medal with Valor for exceptionally actions while under enemy fire during an awards ceremony Wednesday at Pershing Field on The Mountain Post.

Brig. Gen. James Pasquarette, deputy commanding general, support, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, presented the medal.

Ruhl, a combat medic who was assigned to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, earned the award when her convoy came under attack in eastern Afghanistan on the evening of Sept. 24, 2009.

Wounded, and disregarding her own safety, Ruhl applied tourniquets to an injured comrade, examined her team, and supervised the application of life-saving medical treatment while laying down suppressive fire, according to Fort Carson.

Ruhl was medically evacuated to the U.S. and spent several months recovering at Brooke Army Medical hospital at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.