Combat Center News

The house,slated to be completed in four to six months, being built the non-profit organization Homes for Our Troops for Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Thompson, a hospital corpsman formerly with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, stands two days into the three-day 'Build Brigade' project Jan. 8 in Houston. Thompson was seriously wounded by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device during his second deployment to Iraq in 2007 with 2nd Bn., 7th Marines. Homes for Our Troops focuses on building specialized homes for seriously injured veterans at no cost to the veterans and their families. - The house,slated to be completed in four to six months, being built the non-profit organization Homes for Our Troops for Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Thompson, a hospital corpsman formerly with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, stands two days into the three-day 'Build Brigade' project Jan. 8 in Houston. Thompson was seriously wounded by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device during his second deployment to Iraq in 2007 with 2nd Bn., 7th Marines. Homes for Our Troops focuses on building specialized homes for seriously injured veterans at no cost to the veterans and their families.

This undated family photo shows 21-year-old Patrick McGlade preparing for a trans-American run to benifit childhoos rhuematoid artritis. - This undated family photo shows 21-year-old Patrick McGlade preparing for a trans-American run to benifit childhoos rhuematoid artritis.

Fight Club 29 veteran Omar Askew puts his final opponent, Michael Childs, into a rear naked choke for the win after the pair struggled for 21 minutes in the longest match of the Grappling Experience Tournament in Las Vegas Jan. 9. Askew won a gold medal in his weight class and a bronze medal in the Intermediate Absolute Division. - Fight Club 29 veteran Omar Askew puts his final opponent, Michael Childs, into a rear naked choke for the win after the pair struggled for 21 minutes in the longest match of the Grappling Experience Tournament in Las Vegas Jan. 9. Askew won a gold medal in his weight class and a bronze medal in the Intermediate Absolute Division.

Sgt. Erik Frederiksen, a squad leader with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, hugs his wife, Leanne, and 7-month-old daughter, Eleanor, prior to departing the Combat Center this week for a six-month deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. 2nd Bn., 7th Marines is the first battalion within their regiment to deploy as the ground combat element with any MEU. - Sgt. Erik Frederiksen, a squad leader with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, hugs his wife, Leanne, and 7-month-old daughter, Eleanor, prior to departing the Combat Center this week for a six-month deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. 2nd Bn., 7th Marines is the first battalion within their regiment to deploy as the ground combat element with any MEU.