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Story by Staff Sgt. Peter Berardi | 205th Press Camp Headquarters | 04.28.2016
KARA SOAR BASE, Iraq – With the sun setting and dust floating in the air, U.S. Marines with Battery E, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stand in front of their M777A2 howitzer – quiet only for the moment – as the U.S. military’s top general prepares to award four of their fellow Marines the Purple Heart at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22....
Hometown: Montgomery, PA
Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Berardi | 205th Press Camp Headquarters | 04.28.2016
The Purple Heart was established by Gen. George Washington at Newburgh, New York, Aug. 7, 1782, during the Revolutionary War. It was reestablished by the President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and is now awarded in the name of the president to U.S. service members who are wounded or killed in combat. These four medals were presented to U.S. Marines Cpl. Adam J. Seanor, a native of Montgomery,......
Hometown: Montgomery, PA
Story by Staff Sgt. Jon Holmes | 1st Marine Corps District | 04.27.2016
He strummed the notes to Benny Golson’s classic “Whisper Not” flawlessly before moving on to “Vera Cruz,” both jazz classics. The songs are a perfect fit for the Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in the Jazz at Lincoln Center overlooking New York’s Central Park....
Hometown: Williamsport, PA
Photo by Maj. Steven Johnston | 377th Theater Sustainment Command | 04.05.2016
On April 4, the first day of competition at Fort Devens, Mass, SPC Matthew Warunek demonstrates his skill on the hand grenade course in his quest to be named the best warrior from the 377th Theater Sustainment Command. Warunek, a native of Millville, Pa, is among 11 Soldiers from across the 377th TSC vying for the command’s Best Warrior title and the opportunity to represent the command at......
Hometown: Millville, PA
Story by Brenda Rolin | U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit | 03.14.2016
Three Soldiers are poised to join their teammate, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Sgt. 1st Class Glenn Eller, at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next August after placing first through third in the 2015 Shotgun Fall Selection Match Oct. 16, 2015, in Tucson, Arizona....
Hometown: Hillsgrove, PA
Photo by Cpl. John Baker | Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment | 03.04.2016
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jorge Salazar, a Delano, Calif., native, teaches dribbling techniques to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Harrison Capel, a Wounded Warrior Battalion-West member from Williamsport, Pa., during wheelchair basketball practice as part of the 2016 Marine Corps Trials aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 3, 2016. The Trials, an eight-event adaptive sports......
Hometown: Williamsport, PA
Video by Cpl. Carson Gramley | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 02.16.2016
Marines and Sailors with Transportation Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group, tested their operational capabilities by completing the Enhanced Motorized Operations Course at Integrated Training Exercise 2-16 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 7, 2016. During the exercise the convoy was challenged with enemy contact,......
Hometown: State College, PA
Story by Marcy Sanchez | William Beaumont Army Medical Center | 01.25.2016
Troop Command, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, held a Change of Responsibility ceremony at WBAMC, Fort Bliss, Texas, Jan. 9....
Hometown: Lewisburg, PA
