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Marine Sgt. DeJesus Gardner hold up his gold medal for the 201lb. weight class and the team award for the 2012 Armed Forces Boxing Championship at Camp Pendleton, Calif, Feb. 3. Gardner's eye swelled closed early in his fight, but he pushed through to win his fight, securing the Marine Corps first gold medal in the team award in more than 20 years. The Pentagon Channel covered all the action for it's Armed Forces Boxing series, set to air March 9. - Marine Sgt. DeJesus Gardner hold up his gold medal for the 201lb. weight class and the team award for the 2012 Armed Forces Boxing Championship at Camp Pendleton, Calif, Feb. 3. Gardner's eye swelled closed early in his fight, but he pushed through to win his fight, securing the Marine Corps first gold medal in the team award in more than 20 years. The Pentagon Channel covered all the action for it's Armed Forces Boxing series, set to air March 9.

Marines with the Police Adviser Team, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, stand at the site where Marines rescued two members of the Afghan National Civil Order Police in Sangin Tufaan, Helmand province, Afghanistan Jan. 25, 2012. A post on top of the roof collapsed burying two ANCOP members beneath the rubble prior to Marines and ANCOP arriving to provide rescue efforts. - Marines with the Police Adviser Team, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, stand at the site where Marines rescued two members of the Afghan National Civil Order Police in Sangin Tufaan, Helmand province, Afghanistan Jan. 25, 2012. A post on top of the roof collapsed burying two ANCOP members beneath the rubble prior to Marines and ANCOP arriving to provide rescue efforts.

Cpl. Darnell Price (red) connects a straight jab to Senior Airman Kent Brinson during the first day of the 2012 Armed Forces Boxing Championship at Camp Pendleton, Calif, Jan. 31. Price lost the match 4-3. Price fights for the Marine Corps Boxing team in the 201lb. weight class. The Pentagon Channel's complete coverage of the event will premier March 9. - Cpl. Darnell Price (red) connects a straight jab to Senior Airman Kent Brinson during the first day of the 2012 Armed Forces Boxing Championship at Camp Pendleton, Calif, Jan. 31. Price lost the match 4-3. Price fights for the Marine Corps Boxing team in the 201lb. weight class. The Pentagon Channel's complete coverage of the event will premier March 9.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Edward Knudsen, a 25-year-old mortarman with Headquarters Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a native of Rapid City, S.D., spends the days of his second deployment to Afghanistan balancing armory custodian logbooks. In his precious down time, he delves into thick college textbooks, refreshing in algebra, trigonometry and calculus and studying for the SAT exam. Knudsen worked through two years of college before joining the Marine Corps in 2008, but admitted he couldn’t muster the discipline to stay devoted. Now, three years later and thousands of miles removed from formal schooling in the U.S., he’s gainfully employing his newly acquired focus. He plans to resume his studies and complete a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering when his active duty service expires in 2014. - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Edward Knudsen, a 25-year-old mortarman with Headquarters Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a native of Rapid City, S.D., spends the days of his second deployment to Afghanistan balancing armory custodian logbooks. In his precious down time, he delves into thick college textbooks, refreshing in algebra, trigonometry and calculus and studying for the SAT exam. Knudsen worked through two years of college before joining the Marine Corps in 2008, but admitted he couldn’t muster the discipline to stay devoted. Now, three years later and thousands of miles removed from formal schooling in the U.S., he’s gainfully employing his newly acquired focus. He plans to resume his studies and complete a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering when his active duty service expires in 2014.

The 35th commandant of the Marine Corps, General James F. Amos, the 17th sergeant major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett, and staff, board a Ch-53 Sea Stallion helicopter at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2011. These leaders traveled to Afghanistan to visit deployed service members throughout Regional Command (West) and Regional Command (Southwest) for the Thanksgiving holiday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mallory S. VanderSchans/Released) - The 35th commandant of the Marine Corps, General James F. Amos, the 17th sergeant major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett, and staff, board a Ch-53 Sea Stallion helicopter at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2011. These leaders traveled to Afghanistan to visit deployed service members throughout Regional Command (West) and Regional Command (Southwest) for the Thanksgiving holiday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mallory S. VanderSchans/Released)

Major Jamie P. Murphy, the Wounded Warrior Regiment's future operations officer, is presented the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" device by Lieutenant Col. J.D. Harrill during an awards ceremony at the regimental headquarters here. Murphy earned the Bronze Star for his heroic service in connection with combat operations against the enemy while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom. Lieutenant Col. Harrill is the former commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), where Murphy earned this honor. - Major Jamie P. Murphy, the Wounded Warrior Regiment's future operations officer, is presented the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" device by Lieutenant Col. J.D. Harrill during an awards ceremony at the regimental headquarters here. Murphy earned the Bronze Star for his heroic service in connection with combat operations against the enemy while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom. Lieutenant Col. Harrill is the former commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), where Murphy earned this honor.

Wounded, ill and injured Marines with the U.S. Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment look on as Sgt. Maj. John Ploskonka stands at attention in front of Col. John Mayer, Wounded Warrior Regiment commanding officer and Sgt. Maj. Joseph E. VanFonda during a post and appointment ceremony Jan. 23, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps here. During the ceremony Sgt. Maj. Ploskonka passed his duties as regimental sergeant major of the Wounded Warrior Regiment to Sgt. Maj. VanFonda. Ploskonka was selected to serve as the sergeant major of the Marine Corps Installations Command, Arlington, Va. - Wounded, ill and injured Marines with the U.S. Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment look on as Sgt. Maj. John Ploskonka stands at attention in front of Col. John Mayer, Wounded Warrior Regiment commanding officer and Sgt. Maj. Joseph E. VanFonda during a post and appointment ceremony Jan. 23, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps here. During the ceremony Sgt. Maj. Ploskonka passed his duties as regimental sergeant major of the Wounded Warrior Regiment to Sgt. Maj. VanFonda. Ploskonka was selected to serve as the sergeant major of the Marine Corps Installations Command, Arlington, Va.

Lance Cpl. Tony Mullis and Lance Cpl. Derrick Stevenson race down the court during an improvised wheelchair soccer game at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Md., Jan. 10. They were part of 17 Marine class who recently graduated from the first corporals course for the Wounded Warrior Detachment. - Lance Cpl. Tony Mullis and Lance Cpl. Derrick Stevenson race down the court during an improvised wheelchair soccer game at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Md., Jan. 10. They were part of 17 Marine class who recently graduated from the first corporals course for the Wounded Warrior Detachment.