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Ricardo Peralta, the brother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, speaks on behalf of his family during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of his brother aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Ricardo Peralta, the brother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, speaks on behalf of his family during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of his brother aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

Ricardo Peralta, the brother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, speaks on behalf of his family during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of his brother aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Ricardo Peralta, the brother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, speaks on behalf of his family during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of his brother aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, Commanding General of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, Commanding General of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, Commanding General of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, Commanding General of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta attend a Navy Cross Ceremony in his honor on Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 08, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr, in Fallujah, Iraq on November 15, 2004 where he reached out and covered an enemy grenade with his body to shield the blast from his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta attend a Navy Cross Ceremony in his honor on Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 08, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr, in Fallujah, Iraq on November 15, 2004 where he reached out and covered an enemy grenade with his body to shield the blast from his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

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U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta attend a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body to protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta attend a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body to protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta attend a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta attend a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks at the Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks at the Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake

U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas Webber, Chaplain with 1st Marine Division, speaks before family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas Webber, Chaplain with 1st Marine Division, speaks before family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

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U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake

Ricardo Peralta, the brother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, speaks on behalf of his family during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Ricardo Peralta, the brother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, speaks on behalf of his family during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake

Lieutenant Colonel W.S. Weis

Lieutenant Colonel W.S. Weis

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A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment participates in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment participates in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment participates in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment participates in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment participates in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment participates in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment camouflages himself with vegetation while participating in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment camouflages himself with vegetation while participating in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment participates in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment participates in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

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