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Marine corporal earns prestigious medal for saving military $140M
yahoo ^ | May 16, 2024 | Irene Loewenson

Posted on 05/18/2024 6:41:35 PM PDT by artichokegrower

A Marine truck mechanic received a medal typically awarded to more senior service members for saving the Defense Department more than $140 million through work he began as a teenage lance corporal.

Cpl. Gage Barbieri, now 21, received the Meritorious Service Medal on Friday from Col. Damon Burrows, commanding officer of 2nd Marine Division’s Headquarters Battalion. Barbieri is only the second Marine corporal to receive the Meritorious Service Medal since at least 2008, Burrows wrote on LinkedIn

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KEYWORDS: 2ndmarinedivision; angrykeywordtroll; damonburrows; donatefreerepublic; gagebarbieri; gannett; jimseesyou; joindu; marines; meritoriousservice; usatoday; usmc
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To: NWFree

So, you don’t like little guys who do good?


21 posted on 05/18/2024 7:58:09 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.)
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To: VanShuyten

I’m the little guy that pays for this looted treasury and now the debt on the *interest alone* is more than our ENTIRE defense budget.

Reality can be stark


22 posted on 05/18/2024 8:04:23 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: VanShuyten

As Dave Ramsey would say we don’t have an income problem we have a spending problem


23 posted on 05/18/2024 8:11:26 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: NWFree

Well done marine. Take pride in what you have accomplished. Take pride in the direction you have taken in your life. There are so many lost young people out there your story gives me hope and it gave me joy to read. Again Bravo Zulu marine


24 posted on 05/18/2024 9:27:30 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Very cool story.


25 posted on 05/18/2024 11:08:14 PM PDT by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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To: NWFree

I imagine there is much more in savings.

How 57-year-old allegedly conned the U.S. Army out of $100M to buy 31 homes
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/how-a-57-year-old-allegedly-conned-the-u-s-army-out-of-100-million-to-buy-31-homes


26 posted on 05/19/2024 12:04:11 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: VanShuyten; NWFree
What a sourpuss. Get a hobby that gives you some joy.

P***ing in other peoples' cornflakes IS his hobby, and it DOES give him joy. Sadist.

27 posted on 05/19/2024 4:59:59 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: artichokegrower

Semper Fi Marine corporal; you make us proud to be Marines.


28 posted on 05/19/2024 5:33:36 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Bursting bubbles of ignorance with reality is my hobby. A lot of people can’t handle truth


29 posted on 05/19/2024 5:55:21 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Especially snowflakes ❄️


30 posted on 05/19/2024 5:56:20 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

And fake wrestling fans


31 posted on 05/19/2024 5:58:24 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Can’t really argue with reality so attack the messenger for busting the fake feel good plastic banana show like you


32 posted on 05/19/2024 6:01:14 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

This solder did the right thing but his efforts will be squandered. It’s akin to a bank teller saving First National $100 while the Bank President embezzles millions of dollars


33 posted on 05/19/2024 6:29:27 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: NWFree

Wouldn’t expect any monetary reward in the military, but what did he actually do, invent, improve, etc.?


34 posted on 05/19/2024 12:58:38 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: C210N

B partner


35 posted on 05/24/2024 1:42:06 PM PDT by newbie 10-21-00
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