Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, salute a battlefield cross during a memorial ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, July 2, 2014. The memorial was in honor of Sgt. Thomas Z. Spitzer, a professionally instructed gunman with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Bn., 7th Marines, who was killed while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 25, 2014. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan / released) Scout Sniper Platoon mourns loss of fallen brother 140707-M-OM885-146

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