PATROL BASE FAHEEM, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines and sailors with 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, render a final salute during the playing of “Taps” at the memorial service for Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez-Hernandez at Patrol Base Faheem, July 18. The Marines of 1/5 paid tribute to the life, service and sacrifice of the improvised explosive device sweeper who was killed in action while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in the Northern Sangin Green Zone, July 10. Known to most as Mendez, the 22-year-old graduate of Logan High School in Fuller
PATROL BASE FAHEEM, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines and sailors with 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, render a final salute during the playing of “Taps” at the memorial service for Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez-Hernandez at Patrol Base Faheem, July 18. The Marines of 1/5 paid tribute to the life, service and sacrifice of the improvised explosive device sweeper who was killed in action while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in the Northern Sangin Green Zone, July 10. Known to most as Mendez, the 22-year-old graduate of Logan High School in Fullerton, Ca., leaves behind his wife and two children. Family before self 110718-M-VI905-182
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