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Four organizations committed to helping others and supporting America have teamed up on a new fundraising promotion to raise money for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. “The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund has provided over 7,500 grants totaling over $18.5 million to our nations wounded Marine heroes and their families” stated 12th SgtMaj of the Marine Corps Gene Overstreet, USMC... [Read More]
They were there; then they were gone again. It was a short reunion for Tim and his 2nd Platoon family. There was some healing, some relief, some happiness. Then it was over. The family parted ways again. His friends looked toward another tour in Iraq, and Tim looked back toward his new life in San Diego.
Tim spent another year in rehabilitation. He made the transition from active duty and used his medical retirement income to buy a place in San Diego where he could be close to Balboa and continue his prosthetics training, the... [Read More]
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Every Marine a rifleman: this doctrine has been ingrained into each generation of Marines from the time they stepped on the yellow footprints at recruit training.
Marines from Marine Corps Security Force Battalion have taken this creed one step further. Not only do they pride themselves in being exceptional riflemen, but they also participate in the Competition in Arms Program, a shooting tradition that has been a part of the Marine Corps since 1901.
A year had passed when Tim Jeffers finally caught up with his old platoon. He had spent the time rehabilitating and rebuilding his life. His friends were training to go back to Iraq.
OKUMA, OKINAWA, Japan —Out of Iraq …
“I just remember screaming and swearing a lot.”
That’s how Tim Jeffers recalls May 18, 2006 – the day an improvised explosive device claimed both his legs, one eye, nearly half his skull and his right ring finger.
"The United States Marine Corps, with its fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth." - Thomas E. Ricks
