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Josh Ray Person
Operation Iraqi Freedom
| 1st Reconnaissance Battalion
Hailing from the middle of nowhere, as he puts it, Josh Ray Person set aside his idea of going to medical school when he started reading about special forces in an English class. Where do these guys come from? He started working out and running. (5:02)
During training, Josh Ray Person was looked down on because he came straight from the School of Infantry instead of paying his dues as a grunt. Nevertheless he did become a Reconnaissance Marine and, by a strange chain of events beginning on 9-11-01, was part of the earliest deployment of troops to Afghanistan. (5:25)
They were the envy of everyone in the US military. Recon Marine Josh Ray Person and his unit were in Australia when the 9/11 attacks occurred and, before the year was out, they were among the first American boots on the ground in Afghanistan. Next stop, Iraq. (5:16)
Driving the lead Humvee was exactly where Recon Marine Josh Ray Person wanted to be. His team was composed of men hand-picked by the team leader and in the back was an embedded journalist. He was about to get an eyeful. (4:51)
It was memorable. Through the berm and into Iraq, driving through the desert at night. Recon Marine Josh Ray Person was at the wheel and he was also driving when the unit was later ambushed on a bridge. As the war progressed, he encountered many Iraqis who wanted to join in and kill Saddam. (Caution: strong language) (4:58)
Josh Ray Person never intended to become a career Marine, but the events of his time in Iraq followed him to his life after the Corps. Evan Wright, a journalist embedded with his platoon, turned the events he witnessed into a book and a hit TV series called Generation Kill. (Caution: strong language) (7:32)
Josh Ray Person describes why the Marines created their own Special Operations command, MARSOCC. It was because all Marines are equally worthless, a concept which he thoughtfully explains, He was able to enjoy a twenty year reunion with his buddies from 1st Recon thanks to the Warrior Reunion Foundation. (Caution: strong language) (3:04)
Jason Lilley
Operation Iraqi Freedom
| Multiple Units
By the time he reached high school, divorce had made him withdrawn and depressed. A roommate got him thinking about the Marine Corps and he began training on his own. Soon he was in San Diego training for real at boot camp and the School of Infantry. (8:23)
He was now a grunt. Jason Lilley had pulled himself out of a depressing youth and made a Marine out of himself. The attacks on 9/11 gave him and all the Marines new focus on their training. They knew they would be needed soon. He had his eyes set on a higher prize though, the Reconnaissance Marines. (Caution: strong language) (5:54)
First you had to pass a tryout so you could go through the real tryout, the Basic Reconnaissance Course. Jason Lilley was determined to become a Reconnaissance Marine, probably the most elite role in the Marine Corps. The tests were brutal and he was up to the challenge. (4:10)
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