Officer awarded prestigious combat medals Published June 13, 2011 By Wayne Crenshaw 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Capt. Jordan Lindeke tools around in a car with a Purple Heart license plate, but she doesn't usually get the credit for it. "Everyone thinks it's for my father or husband," said Lindeke, who in December suffered hearing and memory loss in a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan. "Nobody ever thinks it's me," said Lindeke, who has since fully recovered and is working as a flight commander in the 78th Medical Group. The medical officer now has an equally-prestigious medal linked to her deployment. She was awarded the Combat Action Medal on Monday by Col. Carl Buhler, commander of the 78th Air Base Wing. Much like the Purple Heart, Lindeke said the CAM is not something she expected to receive when she deployed, particularly since her job entailed mentoring Afghan military medics at a well-secured base. Lindeke also said she doesn't want her last view of Afghanistan to be from a stretcher, and she has asked to be deployed again. "I feel like I didn't get to finish what I started there," she said.