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I'm Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute. Marine Staff Sgt. Jonathan McClure, a military policeman at Camp Foster, was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal during a ceremony at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, February 22nd. Staff Sgt. McClure was honored for his heroic actions last week in which he quickly applied life-saving measures to save a choking woman at a restaurant. Back in the States,Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, conducted Special Reaction Team training at the air station, February 25th. This type of specialized-training is comprised of military-police personnel and gives an installation commander the ability to counter or contain a special-threat situation surpassing normal law-enforcement capabilities.On this day in Marine Corps history in 1991 during the Gulf War,A Marine recon unit was the first U.S. force to enter Kuwait City and retake the American Embassy. 48 hours later, Kuwait was liberated and a ceasefire was declared, effectively ending the war.That's it for your Marine Minute, for more news around the Corps go to Marines.mil.
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