The items forever stored in the mast of the guided missile destroyer the USS Jason Dunham include Cpl. Jason Dunham’s Purple Heart, a set of his dog tags, a piece of the Kevlar helmet he used to absorb the blast from a grenade in Karabilah, Iraq, April 14, 2004, and the last letter he sent home to his parents Dan and Deb Dunham. Dunham’s actions earned him the Medal of Honor and a place in Marine Corps history. - The items forever stored in the mast of the guided missile destroyer the USS Jason Dunham include Cpl. Jason Dunham’s Purple Heart, a set of his dog tags, a piece of the Kevlar helmet he used to absorb the blast from a grenade in Karabilah, Iraq, April 14, 2004, and the last letter he sent home to his parents Dan and Deb Dunham. Dunham’s actions earned him the Medal of Honor and a place in Marine Corps history.
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Chris Hayes, former safety for the Green Bay Packers and Super Bowl XXXI champion, gives a high-five to 10-year-old Bayani Rose during a youth sports-sponsored football camp at Felix Field July 15. - MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Chris Hayes, former safety for the Green Bay Packers and Super Bowl XXXI champion, gives a high-five to 10-year-old Bayani Rose during a youth sports-sponsored football camp at Felix Field July 15.
For the first time in more than five years, Sgt. Mark Dean, one of Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Jason Dunham’s close friends, and Maj. Trent A. Gibson, Dunham’s former company commander, carefully sort out the pieces of the Kevlar helmet Dunham used to help absorb the blast of a grenade in the streets of Iraq in 2004. The pair delivered the helmet to the National Museum of the Marine Corps July 9 to be displayed in the coming years. - For the first time in more than five years, Sgt. Mark Dean, one of Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Jason Dunham’s close friends, and Maj. Trent A. Gibson, Dunham’s former company commander, carefully sort out the pieces of the Kevlar helmet Dunham used to help absorb the blast of a grenade in the streets of Iraq in 2004. The pair delivered the helmet to the National Museum of the Marine Corps July 9 to be displayed in the coming years.
Brig. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the Combat Center's commanding general, shakes the hand of Col. David N. Gill, the former branch head and officer-in-charge of the Individual Mobilization Augment Detachment, Career Management Team, Reserve Affairs, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps, after being presented the Legion of Merit during his retirement ceremony at the Combat Center's Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field June 30. - Brig. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the Combat Center's commanding general, shakes the hand of Col. David N. Gill, the former branch head and officer-in-charge of the Individual Mobilization Augment Detachment, Career Management Team, Reserve Affairs, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps, after being presented the Legion of Merit during his retirement ceremony at the Combat Center's Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field June 30.
Two Marines from the Combat Center's Explosive Ordnance Disposal section walk through Combat Center Range 401 searching for unexploded ordnance during a range sweep July 14. - Two Marines from the Combat Center's Explosive Ordnance Disposal section walk through Combat Center Range 401 searching for unexploded ordnance during a range sweep July 14.
Rayele Elmore, a 17-year-old American Red Cross youth volunteer, watches and learns from Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Reyes, an immunization technician at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital, as she shows Elmore how to give an infant a vaccination Wednesday. - Rayele Elmore, a 17-year-old American Red Cross youth volunteer, watches and learns from Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Reyes, an immunization technician at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital, as she shows Elmore how to give an infant a vaccination Wednesday.