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    Sgt. Kelby Price presented with Action Trackchair

    Sgt. Kelby Price presented with Action Trackchair

    Photo By Sgt. Joey Mendez | Sgt. Kelby Price (Ret.), center, a former reconnaissance Marine with 3rd...... read more read more

    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES

    06.08.2016

    Story by Cpl. Joey Mendez 

    II Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, partnered with Freedom Alliance, an organization designed to help wounded veterans and their families, joined together to honor Sgt. Kelby Price (Ret.) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 7.
    Price was a reconnaissance Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion until 2003 when he was injured during a training accident in the Philippines, where he fell approximately 65 feet, leaving him paralyzed from the sternum down.
    He was presented with a $15,000 Action Trackchair, donated by Freedom Alliance, in front of his fellow reconnaissance Marines, family, friends, and supporters.
    “Sgt. Price was chosen because he was a recon Marine in need of help with his rehabilitation,” said Tom Kilgannon, the president of Freedom Alliance. “It is our honor to help him because he served and sacrificed and now has an injury that doesn’t allow him to participate in the activities he loves; this chair will help him do that.”
    Price is a father of two daughters and enjoys the outdoors, hunting, fishing, and camping. Although his accident has limited him in his adventures, he will have a much easier time enjoying his hobbies with his friends and family.
    “I can pretty much take [this chair] anywhere. It will go through any terrain so being able to get down to a bank on a river to go fishing, or to go out hog-hunting. The chair I currently have is difficult to maneuver,” Price said. “So now in this aspect I’m able to go camping with my kids, or just go do work out in the yard.”
    Not allowing his injuries to hold him back, Price also decided to be proactive and give back to his brothers-in arms by being the active director of the Recon and Sniper Foundation, a non-profit veteran’s organization.
    The mission of the ‘R&S’foundation is to provide emergency financial funding, professional development, career mentoring, and active network building. The organization has a network of more than 1,000 reconnaissance Marines, Marine Raiders, and scout snipers.
    “I love working for the Recon and Sniper foundation we put together,” Price said. “We help out right now for the most part recon, Raiders, and scout snipers, but in all reality it doesn’t matter what branch of service or generation you served, if you need help we will assist you and help you. I’m engulfed in it and I really enjoy doing it.”
    Price does the things he does because he believes the brotherhood of the Marine Corps is just as strong now that he is retired as it was while he was serving on active duty.
    “I have never even been to [Camp] Lejeune, this is my first time,” added Price. “I don’t have any regrets about going the route I did and the reason why is this brotherhood. It’s solid and unique, we are proud, we look after each other, we love each other and it is a really special thing.”

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    Date Taken: 06.08.2016
    Date Posted: 06.08.2016 14:32
    Story ID: 200374
    Location: MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US

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