This Weeks Post Was Suggested By CindySgt. Jimmie Begay 86 years old from Sawmill, Arizona 1st Marine Division, 2nd Battalion February 1, 2012The Navajo Nation has lost another code talker. Sgt. Jimmie Begay passed away Wednesday night at Tsehootsoi Medical Center in Fort Defiance at the age of 88 from a head injury he sustained after a fall. ...continue reading
26 Jan | 2011
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Cpl. Jason A. Karella 20 years old from Anchorage, Alaska 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force October 9, 2008Cpl. Jason A. Karella died supporting combat operations in the Farah province of Afghanistan when the Humvee he was riding in rolled over. He had given up his, as his Father described "best ...continue reading
29 Jul | 2009
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This Week's Hero Was Suggested By DebSSgt. Darrell "Shifty" Power 86 years old from Dickerson County, Virginia E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division June 17, 2009The world lost one of it's true heroes a couple of weeks ago. Darrell "Shifty" Powers passed away on June 17 of cancer. "Shifty" was part of the ...continue reading
1 Apr | 2009
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Spc. Jeffrey Scantlin, Sgt. 1st Class Erich Phillips, Sgt. John Hayes, 1st Lt. Aaron Thurman, Sgt. Hector Chavez and Spc. Tyler Hanson 2nd Platoon, Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry RegimentIn the early morning hours of July 13, 2008, Soldiers from Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment were not thinking about medals as they ...continue reading
