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    The Running Gunny: Marine, mentor, triathlete employs a second chance [Image 3 of 5]

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    A U.S. Marines servicemember named Dugger poses confidently in front of a large military helicopter on a tarmac. The setting appears to be a coastal military airfield with mountainous terrain and blue water visible in the background, consistent with a Hawaiian location. The subject is wearing MARPAT desert camouflage uniform and smiling directly at the camera.

    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 14:36
    Photo ID: 633740
    VIRIN: 120725-M-MM918-003
    Resolution: 2100x1521
    Size: 2.35 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, US
    Hometown: HONOLULU, HAWAII, US
    Hometown: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, US

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