My Marine Corps Page

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I jumped twice from a CH-53 using a MC-1 parachute. This was at DZ Lightning at the Schofield Barracks East Range in Hawaii.

Air Medal with Combat "V", Joint Service Acheivement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal,Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon,Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Armed Forces Reserve Medal with "M" for mobilization.

Certificate of Commendation

My military coin collection.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps General Jones and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps McMichaels visited all the Marines in Kuwait.October 2001

 
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10km from the Iraq/Kuwait border. 2001
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The Grand Mosque in Bahrain
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S.P.I.E Special Purpose Insertion Extraction training
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Flightdeck of the USS Kittyhawk CV-63. I spent a night onboard enroute to the USS Peleliu
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I was on the USS Peleliu from December 1, 2001 until February 23, 2001
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Due to bad weather at sea, went spent 5 days in both Perth and Sydney, Australia.
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This building and tower were destroyed during the Gulf War, this is next to Highway 80 aka "The Highway of Death."
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My Air Medal was presented by Medal of Honor awardee, retired Marine and now Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs, Harvey C. Barnum.
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