We first met Capt. Barry Crawford on Sept 29, 2010 shortly after the news of Mark’s death was delivered. Barry, and a fellow teammate Sascha, were assigned to be with our family during the process that followed the next nine
On October 27, 2011, our friend, Ish was officially awarded the Silver Star for his heroic actions during a 16-hour firefight on September 24, 2009. When you read about this firefight, you will be amazed at how he controlled several
We were fortunate to have two of Mark’s teammates and friends with us for Thanksgiving, Johnnie Yellock II and Ish Villegas. If you’ve kept up with this site, you’ll know that Johnnie has been recovering from and IED attack from
We were recently contacted by Erich Anderson introducing us to his Veteran Tributes web site. He has over 1500 tribute pages for our military veterans. We appreciate what he does for our veterans. He has tributes for all branches of
November 7-8, 2011, I will be speaking to several venues in the Salt Lake City, UT area, compliments to Zion’s Bank. The purpose is two fold: 1. To share the man, warrior, and Patriot our brother Mark was 2. To
David and Joseph Forester recently had dinner with some of Mark’s teammates while he was deployed. Included in the picture are: Wes Wilson, Will Lyles, Joseph, George Earhart, David, Bobby Bonello. These are great men who have looked evil in
