During a patrol to secure the Tagab District Center, a well-armed Taliban force ambushed Dockery’s unit. troops and a handful of Afghan soldiers and police forces.
On October 2, 2012, then Second Lieutenant Dockery was serving as platoon leader in Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry (4th Brigade Combat Team), 4th Infantry Division as part of Task Force War Eagle in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, leading eight U.S. Nininger ’41, who fought the enemy to his death during the Battle of Bataan in January 1942 and posthumously received World War II’s first Medal of Honor. Douglas Kenna ’45 and his wife, Jean, and is named for Second Lieutenant Alexander R. As noted by Todd Browne ’85, President and CEO of the West Point Association of Graduates (WPAOG), in his remarks introducing the recipient, the Nininger Award is WPAOG’s third major award (along with the Thayer and Distinguished Graduate awards), “reflecting heroism, courage, and character while serving in the Profession of Arms.” Established in 2006, the Nininger Award was endowed by E. Nininger Award for Valor at Arms during a ceremony in the Cadet Mess Hall on September 28, 2017.
Captain Nick Dockery ’11 was presented with the 2017 Alexander R.