The Mark Forester Memorial Award for Excellence

The University of Alabama Student Veterans Association renamed their Student Veteran of the Year Award to “The Mark Forester Memorial Award for Excellence”. We were thankful we were invited to attend the event in November and able to share a

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A Hero’s Marker

Monday, April 11, the grave marker for our son, brother, and hero, Mark, was put in place. Each section of the marker was chosen for a reason: -The image in the upper left is of the Angel Moroni. This is

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Bobby’s Mission

Mark’s roommate and good friend, Bobby, is leaving soon to continue a mission he started last year. His mission was cut short because he escorted Mark’s body home from Afghanistan in September. He also spoke at his funeral in Haleyville

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Mark’s Dog Eddie

The alpha male of Cobra. Eddie used to rub on Mark’s door when he would be Skype-ing with us, so he’d let him in his room a little while. Mark has always loved dogs. Eddie went on some missions with

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