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A CH-53E crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 scans the area below during flight and parachute operations with 1st Marine Reconnaissance Battalion at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Feb. 6. "Warhorse" lost four crewmen during a Tuesday crash. Helicopter crew members who died together in a Tuesday crash in Imperial County mirrored both the Marine Corps and the country that they served.
Brigadier General Kevin Killea, the Commanding General of Camp Pendleton, Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Jay Vargas, retired, and Congressman Darrell Issa, of the 49th Congressional District, from left, stand together in front of Camp Pendleton's Medal of Honor Post Office following a Dedication Ceremony on Monday. Colonel Jay Vargas, left, who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1970 for his service in Vietnam, stands with Congressman Darrell Issa as he helps dedicate Camp Pendleton's Medal of Honor Post Office during a ceremony on Monday on behalf of himself, "and the other 76 living Medal of Honor recipients."
Just a day after becoming an Honorary Marine, an 8-year-old with a rare genetic disease died Sunday morning. Wyatt Gillette suffered from Aicardi-Goutierres Syndrome Type 1, which caused him to experience seizures and complete kidney failure.