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Hospital Corpsman provides security during a live-fire range at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center, Aug. 27. - Hospital Corpsman provides security during a live-fire range at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center, Aug. 27.

Humble corpsman, Connecticut native saves family in remote area of Yosemite National Park

“I don’t know how many people were outside the vehicle, but I heard them counting down ‘three, two, one, lift!’ while they moved the weight of the tree off the car. I pushed up on the roof with my back to allow just enough room to get the boy out without causing further injury to him,” said the corpsman of 15 years. The boy’s head had been lodged

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Renzel Craft, left, and Cpl. Everton Porto, both heavy equipment mechanics with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, receive Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals during their Corporal Course graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 12, 2019. Craft and Porto received recognition for responding to an incident in the chow hall where a Marine was having a seizure. - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Renzel Craft, left, and Cpl. Everton Porto, both heavy equipment mechanics with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, receive Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals during their Corporal Course graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 12, 2019. Craft and Porto received recognition for responding to an incident in the chow hall where a Marine was having a seizure.

Courage Compels Combat Engineer Marines to Save Lives

Courage is the mental, physical and moral strength to persevere and withstand danger, fear or difficulty. It is the heart of the core values instilled in every United States Marine and is what defines their character and warrior spirit.It is with this courage that Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division were able to do what

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United States Marine Corps Sgt. David Lam, an assistant warehouse chief with 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, pictured here aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan, was one of seven Marines who acted quickly to save an U.S. Airman’s life following a recent motorcycle accident Dec. 31, 2018. Lam, a native of San Jose, Calif., reported the accident, checked the injured and stood in the middle of the road directing traffic to allow emergency services to arrive. - United States Marine Corps Sgt. David Lam, an assistant warehouse chief with 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, pictured here aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan, was one of seven Marines who acted quickly to save an U.S. Airman’s life following a recent motorcycle accident Dec. 31, 2018. Lam, a native of San Jose, Calif., reported the accident, checked the injured and stood in the middle of the road directing traffic to allow emergency services to arrive.

Marines save airman’s life in Okinawa

Seven United States Marines played a vital role in saving the life of a U.S. Airman with 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron in Okinawa, Japan Dec. 31. The airman, whose name is being withheld out of respect for the family’s privacy, was involved in a motor cycle accident along Japan National Route 331. A group of Marines witnessed the

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Sgt. Ian Rivera, an intelligence analyst with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, is responsible for the rescue of two people, including an Army captain, during a vehicular accident that occurred on Interstate 95, Nov. 25, 2015. Rivera is a native of Virginia Beach, Va. - Sgt. Ian Rivera, an intelligence analyst with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, is responsible for the rescue of two people, including an Army captain, during a vehicular accident that occurred on Interstate 95, Nov. 25, 2015. Rivera is a native of Virginia Beach, Va.