[SandRat]

Cpl. Daniel W. Phipps, ambulance driver, Battalion Aid Station, Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Force Service Support Group (FWD), sits in his ambulance here Oct. 6. Like many Marines deployed here, the 21-year-old has a huge responsibility resting on his shoulders at a very young age. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Josh Cox

Cpl. Daniel W. Phipps, ambulance driver, Battalion Aid Station, Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Force Service Support Group (FWD), stands in the CLB-8 BAS here Oct. 6. In the two years Phipps has been in the Corps, he has been on three deployments, and recently volunteered to extend here. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Josh Cox

[SandRat]

Marine Aid Station Ambulance Driver

[NavySEAL F-16]

Bravo!

Now, if only the MSM would publish stories about our outstanding military.

[Calpernia]

“I came from a small country town in the central valley of California,” said the 2002 Hilmar High School graduate. “It was all corn fields, orchards and dairies. I used to work as a diesel and tractor mechanic.”

Phipps said he discovered the Marine Corps while traveling to visit family as a child.

“When I was a kid, I would go visit my uncle in Nevada, and on the way we would pass the Marine base in Bridgeport, Calif.,” he said. “I always thought Marines were [hardcore] back then, and I wanted to be one ever since.”