LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dakota Meyer was ambling through the cafeteria of his Kentucky high school in 2006 when he came upon a recruiter for the Marines. Curious, the beefy senior struck up a conversation, but told the military man he was hoping to play college football after graduation. "Yeah that's what ...
By the morning the planes crashed and the buildings fell, Jeremy Staat was weary of football. A few days earlier he had been cut from a Seattle Seahawks team he was sure he was going to make and the politics of the game discouraged him. He sat alone in his ...
Cpl. Shawn R. Pavlik provides security here Aug. 21 during a raid with Company L, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The company, reinforced by tanks and amphibious assault vehicles, conducted their first ship-to-shore raid since BLT 3/1 joined the 11th MEU in May. Pavlik is a 21-year-old Lady Smith, Wis., ...
A Marine with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit watches the dockyard while on duty aboard amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) while in port at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Aug. 22, 2011. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 (PHIBRON 6) aboard the ...
Marines with Bravo Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), spend a few moments discussing the night's mission after performing preventive maintenance checks on their respective tactical vehicles aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. The convoy travelled to several bases in the Helmand's Sangin district to resupply troops based ...
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 awarded 18 Marines with combat aircrew wings at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. It feels good to get the wings. Every crew chief dreams of this, said Sgt. Katherine T. Llinas, a UH-1Y Huey crew chief with HMLA-267, and a native of Gainesville, Fla. It means ...
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