Nursing Major Is Honored for Aiding Heat-Exhausted High Schoolers
January 23, 2026
Bea Mikayla Faigal, an Air Force ROTC cadet at Rutgers, earns the Silver Valor Award for a voluntary act of heroism at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
Bea Mikayla Faigal, a Rutgers nursing student and a cadet with the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, relied on medical training and military discipline to aid high school students experiencing heat exhaustion on a scorching summer evening at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
The sophomore, who attends the School of Nursing at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and serves in Air Force ROTC Detachment 485, received the Silver Valor Award in late November…
