Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Kempf enlisted in the Marine Corps on 1 May 1996 in Buffalo NY, where he then proceeded to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, Platoon 3154, and graduated on 15 November 1996.  After attending Marine Combat Training on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina he went to M1A1 Basic Crewmen’s Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 

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Major Thompson enlisted in the Marine Corps on 6 May of 2002, attending Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego then follow on training as a LAV mechanic in Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. Shortly after training, in 2003, PFC Thompson deployed to Iraq as part of Task Force Tarawa. He then went on a UDP to Okinawa, where he was attached to the

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Sergeant Major Fernandez enlisted in the Marine Corps on March 18, 2001 and completed recruit training at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina where he graduated as Honor man and was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal.  After completion of recruit training he attended The School of Infantry East at Camp Geiger, where he was assigned

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