Seattle-based U.S. Marine aids in Cascade Pass rescue

SEATTLE — “I often think about how I can’t climb a mountain without a team; rarely do I think about how we’ll descend the same mountain while dealing with an emergency situation like this.”

As both an experienced climber and U.S. Marine, Capt. Nick Anthony has learned how to effectively “plan for the best and prepare for the worst.” Together with his team, the Seattle-based recruiting management officer was thrust into an emergency response situation while climbing in North Cascades National Park, Washington.

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Fight to the Finish: U.S. Marine receives Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Removed from an ambushed platoon of Marines and soldiers in a remote Afghan village on Sept. 8, 2009, his reality viciously shaken by an onslaught of enemy fighters, Cpl. Dakota Meyer simply reacted as he knew best — tackling what he called “extraordinary circumstances” by “doing the right thing … whatever it takes.”

Nearly two years later, the White House announced Aug. 12, 2011, the 23-year-old Marine scout sniper from Columbia, Ky., who has since left the Marine Corps, will become the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor in 38 years. Retired Sgt. Maj. Allan Kellogg, Jr. received the medal in 1973 for gallantry in Vietnam three years earlier.

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U.S. Marine recruiter in Idaho saves man’s life after suicide attempt

LEWISTON, Idaho — Screaming startled him awake.

Sgt. Cody Leifheit checked the time: 2 a.m. Sunday, June 7, 2015. Probably people filtering in from the bars, he thought. After moving to Lewiston, Idaho, and into the apartment only a week earlier, he wasn’t yet familiar with the neighborhood.

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