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  • Florida State Trooper trades in badge for Marine Corps cammies, serves in Operation Iraqi Freedom

    09/20/2005 10:20:09 PM PDT · by SandRat · 4 replies · 443+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Sep 20, 2005 | Cpl. Ken Melton
    CAMP RIPPER, Al Asad, Iraq (Sept. 20, 2005) -- Staff Sgt. Charles E. Sexton, a Florida state trooper, is thousands of miles away from the humidity and the long stretches of highway in the Sunshine State. Sexton, a reserve Marine and camp security chief, recently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Lehigh Acres, Fla., native is responsible for the Marines who guard Camp Ripper’s entry points. He also supervises their training in anti-terrorism and force protection measures. It’s something he does not take lightly. “Being out here doing this is just as dangerous as anything back in the...