LCpl Michael Martinez Purcellville, VA Mission Accomplished of Dec. 15, 2012 On March 11, 2010, Marine Lance Corporal Michael Martinez was five months into his first deployment when he lost both of his legs in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. While returning from a firefight, the fifth man in the foot patrol, LCpl Martinez stepped on an IED resulting in the traumatic amputation of his left leg below the knee and his right leg…
Captain Patrick (PJ) Glavey Thornton, CO Mission Accomplished on Dec. 16, 2012 On Oct. 28, 2010, Marine Captain Patrick “PJ” Glavey was one and a half months into his first deployment when he lost both of his legs in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. While working on a routine clearing operation with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team and members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Cpt Glavey stepped on an IED resulting in the…
SGT TIMOTHY HALL Hawthorne, NV Mission Accomplished on March 30, 2013 On June 10, 2010, Army SGT Timothy Hall was six months into his 1st deployment when he lost both of his legs as the result of a mortar attack while at his Forward Operating Base in the Logar Province of Afghanistan. He was stationed at FOB Shank when a mortar attack threw him into the air, critically injuring the 20-year-old from Hawthorne, Nevada. A Communications Signal Support Systems…
Cpl Paul Schaus North Tonawanda, NY Mission Accomplished on Dec. 20, 2012 On June 5, 2009, while on his second deployment with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, Corporal Paul Schaus lost both legs after stepping on a landmine during a firefight with insurgents in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Following a mission protecting another squad while it destroyed an enemy bunker, Cpl Schaus and his squad came under enemy fire. For nearly an hour, the mortars and small arms fire continued…
SSG SCOT NOSS Trussville, AL Mission Accomplished on Nov. 11, 2010 On Feb. 18, 2007, Army Staff Sergeant Scot Noss was severely injured when the Chinook helicopter he was riding in crashed in the mountains of Southern Afghanistan. Eight of the 22 service members did not survive the crash. Scot was severely injured, sustaining a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). After being stabilized in Germany, Scot was transferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland and later to the James…
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