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Gunnery Sgt. Chmielewski makes some final ajustments to the bikes before the teams sets off on the second day of the honor ride. - Gunnery Sgt. Chmielewski makes some final ajustments to the bikes before the teams sets off on the second day of the honor ride.

Honor Ride honors fallen Marine

DULUTH Ga. – Peddling at an average of nearly 20 mph three days in a row, from dawn to dusk, four Marines along with seven others from various police and military organizations rode their bicycles the equivalent of more than 17 marathons to honor a fallen hero, Capt. Joshua S. Meadows. Meadows of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S.

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Marines, Sailors and civilians at Gunnery Sgt. Robert Gilbert II’s memorial service fill the pews of the Protestant Chapel. Robert Jr. died March 16 of wounds sustained during combat operations in Afghanistan. - Marines, Sailors and civilians at Gunnery Sgt. Robert Gilbert II’s memorial service fill the pews of the Protestant Chapel. Robert Jr. died March 16 of wounds sustained during combat operations in Afghanistan.

MARSOC Marine remembered

The Protestant chapel pews were filled shoulder-to-shoulder with Marines, Sailors and civilians. Some cried. At the head of the chapel, bathed in a lone pillar of light, lay an empty pair of boots, an empty flak, and an empty kevlar – armor once worn by Gunnery Sgt. Robert Gilbert II of Golf Company, 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S.

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