Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer speaks to Sailors from the 31 Area Branch Clinic aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Aug. 11, 2026. He spoke about the importance of being ready to deploy and do their job right now, that hospital corpsmen are the “Angels of the Marine Corps,” and that sometimes it takes personal sacrifice to ensure mission accomplishment. The 31 Area Branch Health Clinic, a branch of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, provides medical support to the recruits and staff of Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Meyer earned the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Ganjgal on Sept. 8, 2009, in Afghanistan's Kunar Province.
| Date Taken: | 08.11.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.12.2026 10:33 |
| Photo ID: | 9864827 |
| VIRIN: | 260811-O-EQ418-7537 |
| Resolution: | 6000x4000 |
| Size: | 5.06 MB |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 17 |
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