Story by Lance Cpl. Eric Quintanilla | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 02.10.2012
While performing a route reconnaissance in the Sangin district, Afghanistan, Sgt. Phillip A. McCulloch Jr. and his squad heard an explosion off to the northeast as they were crossing the Helmand River. Moments later, his team was ambushed by three machine gun positions and they took cover in the riverbank....
