Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar | 108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training | 07.22.2015
Alison Malachowski holds a photograph of her son, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Malachowski, in front of his grave in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, July 22, 2015. Staff Sgt. Malachowski was with the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Marines when he stepped on an improvised explosive device during his fourth combat deployment on March 20, 2011, while his unit was raising the......
Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar | 108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training | 07.22.2015
Alison Malachowski and former Marine Sgt. Danny Gonzalez hold each other at the grave marker of U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Malachowski - Alison's son and Gonzalez's best friend and fellow Marine - in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, July 22, 2015. The two have remained close since James was killed by an improvised explosive device while on his fourth combat deployment in......
Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar | 108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training | 07.22.2015
Alison Malachowski tends to the grave of her son, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Malachowski, with former Marine Sgt. Danny Gonzalez - who served in the Marine Corps Rifle Team with and was best friends with James until his death - in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, July 22, 2015. The two have remained close since James was killed by an improvised explosive device while on his......
Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar | 108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training | 07.22.2015
Alison Malachowski holds a bottle of whiskey that she places at the foot of her son's head stone - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Malachowski - in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, July 22, 2015. Staff Sgt. Malachowski, who was with the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Marines, was killed by an improvised explosive device during his fourth combat deployment on March 20, 2011, while his......
Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar | 108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training | 07.22.2015
Alison Malachowski reminisces about her son, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Malachowski, in front of his grave in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery (the one with flowers adorning it over her right shoulder), July 22, 2015. Staff Sgt. Malachowski, who was with the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Marines, was killed by an improvised explosive device during his fourth combat deployment on......
Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar | 108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training | 07.22.2015
Alison Malachowski tends to the grave of her son, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Malachowski, in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, July 22, 2015. Staff Sgt. Malachowski - who was by all accounts a superior Marine on the fast track to the upper-echelons of military service - was with the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Marines when he was killed by an improvised explosive device during......
Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar | 108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training | 07.22.2015
Alison Malachowski holds a photograph of her son, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Malachowski, in front of his grave in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, July 22, 2015. Staff Sgt. Malachowski, who was with the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Marines, was killed by an improvised explosive device during his fourth combat depoloyment on March 20, 2011, while his unit was raising the......
Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar | 108th Training Command- Initial Entry Training | 07.22.2015
A toy soldier placed by Alison Malachowski, the mother of U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Michael Malachowski, sits atop his headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, July 22, 2015. Malachowski - by all accounts a superior Marine who was on the fast track to being a gunnery sergeant and more - was killed in Afghanistan during his fourth combat deployment by an improvised......
