CPL MARK HAEGELE Bismarck, ND Mission Accomplished on Oct. 17, 2015 On April 21, 2011, while clearing a compound, Marine Corporal Mark Haegele lost both legs and sustained hearing loss and injuries to both arms when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mehraj, Afghanistan. Cpl Haegele was stationed as a 2nd CEB combat engineer attached to Scout Snipers, 3rd Battalion, 2 Marines, and was only two months into his first deployment. Cpl Haegele recalls thinking that…
Cpl Raymond D. Hennagir III Cedar Hill, TX MISSION ACCOMPLISHED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 On June 16, 2007, Marine Corporal Raymond D. Hennagir III was on his second deployment serving as a combat engineer with the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion attached to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, in Zaidon, Iraq, when he was severely injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion. The blast resulted in the loss of both his legs and several fingers on his left hand. Ray…
…to both legs in the blast, resulting in the eventual amputation of his left leg. Now medically retired, Joshua and his wife Tiana are busy raising their three children in Ramona, California. Receiving a specially adapted custom Homes For Our Troops home enables him to expand on his endeavors. Above all, the financial freedom of the home gives Tiana and him the stability to save and plan for their children’s future. “To be able to help them grow in their…
SSgt Chad R. Brumpton Star, ID Deciding that college was not the right fit for him, Chad Brumpton joined the Marines in 1994 as an Infantryman for the adventure and challenge. Later in 1998 he switched his military occupation specialty to tank crewman. On May 8, 2005, during his first combat deployment with Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, SSgt Brumpton was part of a quick reaction force when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) in…
SPC Lucas Schmitz Perham, MN MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ON DECEMBER 4, 2021 Lucas Schmitz joined the military when the Iraq war began, because he felt it was an obligation he needed to fulfill. He joined the Minnesota Army National Guard as an Infantryman and deployed to Iraq with the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division in 2005. On July 25, 2006, Specialist Schmitz was on a patrol in Iraq when he stepped on a secondary improvised explosive…
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