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THEY WERE BOTH MARINES WHO SERVED

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Leavey and Rex in 2012.     
    
    
   

Megan Leavey (41) is a US Marine corporal who served as a Military
Police K9 handler. She was paired with
military working dog Rex
(E168). The pair served two deployments in
Iraq together.

They were first deployed to Fallujah in 2005, and then to Ramadi
in 2006, where they were both wounded by an
improvised explosive device. Leavey was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy and
Marine Corps Achievement Medal
with a "V" device denoting
heroism in combat.

In 2012, Rex developed facial palsy, which ended his bomb-
sniffing duties. Leavey was able to adopt him through the
intervention of Senator
Chuck Schumer
, around April 2012.  
   

While living with Leavey, Rex died of old age on December 22,
2012.

   

        
        

    
     
     
   

Lance Corporal Leavey with Rex in Iraq, November 2005
Lance Corporal Leavey with Rex in Iraq, November 2005.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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Leavey and Rex became the subject of the 2017
biographical film Megan Leavey. (GREAT FILM!)

Leavey is portrayed by Kate Mara, and had a
cameo appearance in the film as "Female Drill
Instructor #3". In 2019, she was one of two
recipients of the Genesis Legacy Medal which
was presented to her by the National Purple
Heart Honor Mission.
 


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Kate Rooney Mara (41)

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MARINE CORPS DOES NOT HAVE A LEADER

Photo of Gen. Berger testifying at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger.  

PENTAGON – The U.S. Marine Corps does not have a confirmed
leader for the first time in 164 years, following Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger’s relinquish-of-command
ceremony held Monday and Berger’s private retirement
ceremony.

The last time the Marines were without a confirmed leader was
1859 following the sudden death of Commandant Archibald
Henderson.
(FOX NEWS)

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Archibald Henderson (January 21, 1783 – January 6, 1859)

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AMERICAN ORBITED EARTH ON THIS DAY

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From Cape Canaveral, Florida,
John Herschel Glenn Jr. was
successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7
spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut
on this day in 1962.

Glenn, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, was
among the seven men chosen by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) in 1959 to become
America’s first astronauts.

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BIRTH OF THE MARINE CORPS ON THIS DAY

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During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passed
a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for
service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy.

The resolution, drafted by future U.S. president John Adams and
adopted in Philadelphia, created the Continental Marines and is
now observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.

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John Adams (October 30, 1735– July 4, 1826)

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FIRST TROOPS TO VIETNAM ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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A U.S. Marine Corps Hawk air defense missile battalion is deployed to Da
Nang. President Johnson (below) had ordered this deployment to provide protection for the key U.S. airbase there.

This was the first commitment of American combat troops in South Vietnam
and there was considerable reaction around the world to the new stage of
U.S. involvement in the war.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973)

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Hawk missile launchers at Da Nang Airfield in 1965.

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