Sergeant Thomas Z. Spitzer, professionally instructed gunman, Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, poses for a photo shortly after arriving in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 20, 2014. Spitzer, a 23-year-old native of New Braunfels, Texas, was killed while conducting combat operations, June 25, 2014. - Sergeant Thomas Z. Spitzer, professionally instructed gunman, Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, poses for a photo shortly after arriving in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 20, 2014. Spitzer, a 23-year-old native of New Braunfels, Texas, was killed while conducting combat operations, June 25, 2014.
Brigadier Gen. Joseph Osterman, 1st Marine Division (Forward) commanding general, and Sgt. Maj. Phillip A. Fascetti, 1st MarDiv(Fwd) sergeant major, render a salute during a Colors and Memorial Dedication ceremony held aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2010. Brig.::r::::n::Gen. Osterman was presiding over the official opening of a memorial monument set up to honor the fallen heroes of 1st Marine Division, since the division took over the as the ground combat element in Helmand province in March. - Brigadier Gen. Joseph Osterman, 1st Marine Division (Forward) commanding general, and Sgt. Maj. Phillip A. Fascetti, 1st MarDiv(Fwd) sergeant major, render a salute during a Colors and Memorial Dedication ceremony held aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2010. Brig.::r::::n::Gen. Osterman was presiding over the official opening of a memorial monument set up to honor the fallen heroes of 1st Marine Division, since the division took over the as the ground combat element in Helmand province in March.
Chief Warrant Officer Shane M. Duhe, a civil affairs team leader, Detachment 3, Team 5, Regimental Combat Team 1, hands out a soccer ball to a young Iraqi child during a civil affairs operation in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 5. The soccer ball contains the name of PFC Nick A. Madaras, an Army soldier who was killed while conducting combat operations in Iraq. The soccer balls represent a goal Madaras had to pass out soccer balls to the children of Iraq. - Chief Warrant Officer Shane M. Duhe, a civil affairs team leader, Detachment 3, Team 5, Regimental Combat Team 1, hands out a soccer ball to a young Iraqi child during a civil affairs operation in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 5. The soccer ball contains the name of PFC Nick A. Madaras, an Army soldier who was killed while conducting combat operations in Iraq. The soccer balls represent a goal Madaras had to pass out soccer balls to the children of Iraq.