Marine 1st Lt. Ryan Gulliksen, a 26-year-old logistics officer with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Ormond Beach, Fla., displays a small piece of American flag previously flown by his grandfather that he keeps inside his Kevlar helmet here, Jan. 12. Gulliksen spends each of his days on deployment in southwest Afghanistan's Helmand province supporting the approximately 1,200 Marines and sailors in his battalion. He's one of the faces of a historic transition in the making; a unique ingredient in a melting pot of servicemembers devoted to
Marine 1st Lt. Ryan Gulliksen, a 26-year-old logistics officer with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Ormond Beach, Fla., displays a small piece of American flag previously flown by his grandfather that he keeps inside his Kevlar helmet here, Jan. 12. Gulliksen spends each of his days on deployment in southwest Afghanistan's Helmand province supporting the approximately 1,200 Marines and sailors in his battalion. He's one of the faces of a historic transition in the making; a unique ingredient in a melting pot of servicemembers devoted to preparing the Afghan National Security Forces for assumption of lead security responsibility in Garmsir district. Faces of Transition, The Goofy Logistics Lieutenant 120112-M-MM918-005
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