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Former Marine Dedicates Career to Supporting the Next Generation of Warfighters
January 2, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. – It was 2003, and a young Marine named Rob Templeman had recently been deployed to Kuwait as a communications operator. Under the orders of General James Mattis (now the Secretary of Defense), Templeman’s First Marine Division moved to Iraq, and one night in Baghdad, they began the offensive movement to Tikrit in blackout conditions to minimize contact with adversaries. Suddenly, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Templeman and his unit were traveling in collided with a trailer at a high rate of speed. ... MORE

CRANE, Ind. – It was 2003, and a young Marine named Rob Templeman had recently been deployed to Kuwait as a communications operator.

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