SERGEANT LITCHFIELD

WHEN AND WHY YOU JOINED?

• Joined March 20 2008 has served 7 years 8 months
• Joined the Military to leave home and make a living for myself

SPECIFIC DEPLOYMENTS

• Served during two combat deployments, one to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, and one to Bahrain also during Operation Enduring Freedom.

MOST REWARDING PART

• The most rewarding part of being in the Marines is the support of the people we are fighting for

MOST DIFFICULT PART

• The most difficult part of being in the Marine Corps is being away from my wife and two kids for months at a time.

STORY

• During my time as a Engineer equipment operator I was called on to retrieve two 500 lb explosives from a harrier that had crash landed in the desert.(a harrier is a Marine Corps airplane also known as an AV-8B) My job was to excavate the hole in the ground with a backhoe to retrieve the bombs without setting the bombs off. Once the explosives were exposed we then attached chains to the bombs and carefully lifted them from the ground.

STORY (CONTINUED)

• Following the removal of the explosives we carefully transported them away from any buildings and personal. Once we were far enough in the desert we reburied the explosives and controlled detonated them in the mountains.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO NOW?

• I am still in the service currently stationed in VA serving in Security Forces Regiment as a Close Quarters Battle Instructor.

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• My job entails training Marines shooting over 3 million rounds a year, for Fleet Antiterrorism Security Teams, who are their to recapture any American Embassy around the world that may be attacked. And the training of the Recapture Tactics Teams who guard the nuclear power plants in the U.S.