. Of the 184 Marines who deployed together from this Ohio Reserve unit, 23 were killed in action, including 15 in one roadside bomb in Anbar province, the largest single loss of life in a roadside bombing during the war.
It was a shooting gallery. The losses from that incident and so many others still haunt the unit, which is why their commanders reached out towhich had partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to participate in a pilot program to prevent additional suicides among veterans. The idea was born at the funeral for Derek Hills from the 82nd Airborne in 2018.
Their Sgt Major Dan Altieri, told them,"It’s OK not to be OK." Therapists from the VA broke the ice with talk therapy broken up by group physical therapy and a little axe throwing, for good measure. They mounted the display in Nashville along with the photo and dog tag of Lance Corporal Nicholas B. Erdy - who was on the vehicle that blew up on May 11, 2005, shortly after Michael Logue was told to change vehicles.