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    The Running Gunny: Marine, mentor, triathlete employs a second chance [Image 2 of 5]

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    A U.S. Marine stands beside a large military helicopter, identified as a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion, marked with the number '01' on its nose, on a tarmac near a coastal mountainous area. The setting appears to be Marine Corps Base Hawaii (Kaneohe Bay), recognizable by the distinctive Ko'olau mountain range in the background. The Marine is posing next to a yellow ground support equipment cart.

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, UNITED STATES

    07.25.2012

    Photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder  

    Marine Corps Base Hawaii

    U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Frank Dugger, the maintenance control chief for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, poses with one of his squadron's CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, July 25, 2012. The 41-year-old native of Tallahassee, Fla., nearly died from two cardiac episodes while deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Dugger used his second chance to turn his life around. He quit drinking, began eating more healthily and decided to complete a triathlon. Less than a year later, he completed an Ironman triathlon in Cozumel, Mexico. In total, he's finished 9 marathons and 30 triathlons.

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    Date Taken: 07.25.2012
    Date Posted: 07.27.2012 14:37
    Photo ID: 633739
    VIRIN: 120725-M-MM918-002
    Resolution: 2100x1386
    Size: 1.97 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, US
    Hometown: HONOLULU, HAWAII, US
    Hometown: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, US

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