Our good friend, teammate of Mark’s, and American Hero Ish Villegas, was awarded the Silver Star Monday, July 22. This is his second Silver Star during the Global War on Terror. Ish was the Combat Controller who trained Mark when
We like to keep up with what’s going on at Pope Field, since that’s where Mark was stationed. On March 15, 2013, Special Tactics operators from across Pope Field, N.C. took part in a 6 mile walk around the flightline
We were first introduced to this organization in Manteca, CA last Memorial Day as they presented the Honor and Remember flag to the family of a fallen hero. The flag was created as a symbol to universally recognize the American
Four bronze busts in the likeness of Air Force Cross recipients were unveiled during a ceremony honoring the Airmen at the Combat Control School at Pope Field, NC on December 6, 2012. The recipients were (notice the links to read
Capt. Derek Argel was killed in the line of duty on Memorial Day 2005 in Iraq. Within days of his death, letters began to arrive to his young 10 month-old son Logan. They continued to come from friends, colleagues of
The below video was put together by Doug Cole as a gift to Mark before he left for Basic Training at Lackland AFB in June 2007. A lot of fun times captured in this one. Below are various pictures of
