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    Two Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command Marines to receive Navy Cross (posthumously) [Image 2 of 2]

    Two Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command Marines to receive Navy Cross (posthumously)

    CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES

    01.15.2014

    Photo by Gen. Rajagau Tuan Lante 

    I Marine Expeditionary Force

    Staff Sgt. Sky R. Mote, from 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion will be posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. Mote, from El Dorado, Calif., was assigned to 1st MSOB, Marine Special Operations Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command in support of Operation Enduring Freedom when they came under intense enemy fire from an Afghan uniformed police officer attacking from inside the perimeter of their tactical operations center.

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    Date Taken: 01.15.2014
    Date Posted: 01.15.2014 14:51
    Photo ID: 1150862
    VIRIN: 140115-M-AA123-002
    Resolution: 620x719
    Size: 125.16 KB
    Location: CAMP PENDLETON, CA, US
    Hometown: EL DORADO, CA, US

    Web Views: 324
    Downloads: 15

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