Surviving Difficult Times

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Surviving Difficult Times
Marine Corps News | Pfc. Casey Jones | January 28, 2008

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Sgt. Jeremy F. Boutwell, a 23-year-old Marine, knows a thing or two about "honor, courage and commitment."

Boutwell, an intelligence specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, is planning for an upcoming deployment to Iraq after sustaining severe injuries during an attack in Al Anbar Province, March 14, 2004.

Boutwell was an MK-19 machine gunner with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, when the attack occurred during a motorized routine patrol.

"We were going on a patrol about to cross the Euphrates River, a spot we crossed about every day, and for some reason we stopped," Boutwell explained. "I looked to the left and I heard a loud noise like an explosion and everything went black after that."

The thunderous explosion caused Boutwell to lose consciousness, but he was able to regain awareness moments later.


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