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Marine Returns to Her Thai Home
After living in the United States for 19 years, 15 of which she has worn the uniform of a U.S. Marine, Staff Sgt. Siriporn Nakphinphat returned to Thailand in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2009. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled joint/coalition multinational exercise hosted annually by the Kingdom of Thailand, and it is focused on improving military-to-military relationships among its participants. Nakphinphat was born in Ratchuburi Thailand, but her grandmother, Suon Soiouwan, and grandfather, Lean Wongyai, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Marines, Military, Our Best: Military Women
Fox Journalist Receives Navy Honor for Courage in Combat
On Aug. 3, 2003, while traveling the dangerous roads of Afghanistan, a cameraman working for FOX News risked his life to save a U.S. Marine from a vehicle engulfed in flames. While embedded with 2nd Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, cameraman Chris Jackson’s vehicle hit 50 pounds of homemade explosives. The humvee occupants escaped the flaming vehicle, all but the vehicle commander, Sgt. Courtney Rauch. The blast severely injured Rauch and knocked him … Read entire article »
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