Author: jonathanober

Wounded Warrior Hunt – Springville, AL

On Oct 18-19, 2014, Stick Lake Hunting Preserve honored some of our nation’s heroes with a bird hunt. They invited Mark’s good friends and teammates, Johnnie Yellock II and Ish Villegas. I (Thad) was invited to join them as well

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Mark atop Mt. Whitney

Recently, Mark was represented at the summit of Mt. Whitney in California. Todd Barton of Haleyville said that “the climb is a tough one, a little over 22 miles round trip (6610 feet in altitude gain then decent along the

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21 ESTS honors Mark with “Monster Mash”

Mark’s squadron honored him this past weekend with a Monster Mash (team physical competition) at their deployed location. The workout consisted of: 800m Litter Carry with 180lb dummy- Team Event 30 Burpees per team member 30 Hand-Release Pushups per team

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29 September 2010 – We will never forget

4 years ago, our family received simultaneous knocks on our doors notifying us of Mark’s death on the battlefield. He had been killed in action about 5:30 am central time–about the time many of us were getting up for work.

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