Okinawa-based Marine, Poyner native earns award

Photo By Gunnery Sgt. Leo Salinas | Maj. Gen. Mark A. Brilakis, commanding general of 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, awards Lance Cpl. Jared M. Sackett, a Poyner, Texas native, a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. Sackett earned the medal while performing his duties as a night watch clerk in the Joint Operations Center for the Joint Forces Land Component Command during Operation Tomodachi in mainland Japan. Tomodachi is the name given by the Government of Japan to the U.S. humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort there in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami which struck the region March 11. Tomodachi is Japanese for “friends.”  

OKINAWA, JAPAN

05.11.2011

Story by Lance Cpl. Heather Johnson 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

OKINAWAN, Japan - A Poyner, Texas native was recently awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. Lance Cpl. Jared M. Sackett received the award for exemplary performance as a night watch clerk in the Command Joint Operations Center for Joint Forces Land Component during Operation Tomodachi in mainland Japan.

Tomodachi is the name given by the Government of Japan to the U.S. humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort there in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami which struck the region March 11. Tomodachi is Japanese for “friends.”

Sackett is currently serving as a personnel clerk with Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force here.

“It was a good experience to work with and help the Japanese when they were in a time of need,” said Sackett. “It felt good to be a part of something.”

He graduated from Bullard High School in Bullard, Texas in 2008 and is the son of Dwayne and Kelly Sackett of Poyner.

• Date Taken: 05.11.2011
• Date Posted: 05.10.2011 23:27
• Story ID: 70191
• Location: OKINAWA, JP