Staff Sgt. Ryan Sotelo, a platoon sergeant serving with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, holds the Afghanistan Campaign Streamer during a battle colors rededication ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, June 5, 2013. Marines serving with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, added the Afghanistan Campaign streamer and rededicated streamers from previous campaigns to the regiment's battle colors during the ceremony. The Fighting Fifth is recognized as the most decorated regiment in the Marine Corps. Marines and sailors of the regiment earned the Afg
Staff Sgt. Ryan Sotelo, a platoon sergeant serving with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, holds the Afghanistan Campaign Streamer during a battle colors rededication ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, June 5, 2013. Marines serving with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, added the Afghanistan Campaign streamer and rededicated streamers from previous campaigns to the regiment's battle colors during the ceremony. The Fighting Fifth is recognized as the most decorated regiment in the Marine Corps. Marines and sailors of the regiment earned the Afghanistan Campaign streamer during a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan as Regimental Combat Team 5 from August 2011 to August 2012. Sotelo, a San Mateo, Calif., native, is a Silver Star recipient and a combat veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. Corps' most decorated regiment adds Afghanistan Campaign streamer to battle colors 130605-M-PH863-747
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