What’s his medal? Anyone know?

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Graduated from Quincy Senior High on a Saturday in early June 2000, and went to Marine boot camp the following Monday. Mama was not ready.

Did my one enlistment as a Light Armored Vehicle Crewman, an infantry MOS in the Corps, until June 2004.

Highlights:

-Six months on a Med Float on the USS Wasp in 2002, established a training ground in Djibouti, Africa. -Deployed for the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 and traveled extensively across the country. -Made the All-Marine boxing team later in 2003 until the end of enlistment, tried out the year prior, but broke my hand in the tryouts.

Upon my honorable discharge from the USMC, I attended John Wood Community College in Quincy, IL and earned an associate’s degree in education from 2004 to 2006.

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www.military-ranks.org/decorations/…/marines

I can’t find high enough resolution images to confidently make out most of the ribbons, but my best guess for the medal is the Navy Service Cross.

He doesn’t mention being a pilot, so its unlikely it would be the Distiguinshed Flying Cross.

With emphasis that these are guesses and I almost certainly made some mistakes, I have no actual military background or experience, there may some formal rules of displaying ribbons and medals that my guesses may violate…

Best guesses for ribbons (from our POV):

Row 1 = Joint Service Achievement Medal

Row 2, Left = Navy and Marine Corp Medal

Row 2, Center = Navy and Marine Corp Presidential Unit Citation

Row 2, Right = Bronze Star

Row 3, Left = General Service Medal

Row 3, Center = Iraq Campaign Medal

Row 3, Right = Uncertain

Row 4, Left = Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Row 4, Center = Humanitarian Service Medal

Row 4, Right = Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Theres a couple of mistakes there. For example, a Bronze star would be above the Navy Marine Corps Achivement ribbon since its a much more prestigious medal. I cant tell what the devices are but this is the stack.

Row 1

Navy Marine Corps Achievement Ribbon

Row 2

Navy Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon

Navy Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon

Marine Corps Good Conduct Ribbon

Row 3

National Defense Service Ribbon

Iraq Campaign Ribbon

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Ribbon

Row 4

Global War on Terrorism Service Ribbon

Humanitarian Service Ribbon

Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

Source: Eaten a couple crayons.

Thank you for your service!

… and can you recommend any crayon flavors?

I appreciate the sentiment, people being nice to eachother should always be encouraged. But thanking people always seemed odd to me. I drank a lot. :(

But Granny Smith Apple.

Thankfully, I’m doing better now :)