Soldiers offer holiday honors to fallen comrades in Afghanistan 

By Cpl. Bryan Nygaard
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Soldiers with the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion laid wreaths in honor of five fallen soldiers during a memorial ceremony held at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Dec. 10.

 A soldier in the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion lays a wreath in honor of Pfc. Alberto Obod.
A soldier in the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion lays a wreath in honor of Pfc. Alberto Obod during a memorial ceremony at Camp Leatherneck, Dec. 10. The 375th CSSB, a reserve army unit based out of Mobile, Ala., is responsible for all sustainment operations in support of the Marines based at Camp Leatherneck. The wreaths used to honor 5 fallen soldiers in the 375th CSSB were donated by Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization that donates wreaths to veterans' cemeteries and other locations throughout the U.S.
During the ceremony, Marine Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, the commanding of Regional Command Southwest, received wreaths to honor service members who have died in Afghanistan as well as five fallen soldiers in the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.

The 375th CSSB, an Army Reserve unit from Mobile, Ala., is responsible for all sustainment operations in support of the Marines based at Camp Leatherneck.

The wreaths used to honor 5 fallen soldiers in the 375th CSSB were donated by Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization that donates wreaths to veterans' cemeteries and other locations throughout the U.S.

 

 

 A soldier with the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion holds a wreath to be laid in honor of a fallen soldier.
A soldier with the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion holds a wreath to be laid in honor of a fallen soldier at a memorial ceremony held at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Dec. 10. The 375th CSSB, a reserve army unit based out of Mobile, Ala., is responsible for all sustainment operations in support of the Marines based at Camp Leatherneck.The wreaths used to honor 5 fallen soldiers in the 375th CSSB were donated by Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization that donates wreaths to veterans' cemeteries and other locations throughout the U.S.
 A soldier with the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, salutes during a memorial ceremony to honor five fallen soldiers.
A soldier with the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, salutes during a memorial ceremony to honor five fallen soldiers at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Dec. 10. The 375th CSSB, a reserve army unit based out of Mobile, Ala., is responsible for all sustainment operations in support of the Marines based at Camp Leatherneck.
 Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, the commanding of Regional Command Southwest, receives a wreath to honor service members who died.
Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, the commanding of Regional Command Southwest, receives a wreath to honor service members who have died in Afghanistan as well as five fallen soldiers in the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion during a memorial ceremony at Camp Leatherneck, Dec. 10. The 375th CSSB, a reserve army unit based out of Mobile, Ala., is responsible for all sustainment operations in support of the Marines based at Camp Leatherneck. The wreaths used to honor five fallen soldiers in the 375th CSSB were donated by Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization that donates wreaths to veterans' cemeteries and other locations throughout the U.S.
 Sgt. 1st Class Margaret Clifford, first sergeant for 811 Ordnance Company, holds a wreath.
Sergeant 1st Class Margaret Clifford, first sergeant for 811 Ordnance Company, 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and a native of Summersville, W.Va., holds a wreath to be laid in honor of a fallen soldier at a memorial ceremony held at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Dec. 10. The 375th CSSB, a reserve army unit based out of Mobile, Ala., is responsible for all sustainment operations in support of the Marines based at Camp Leatherneck.The wreaths used to honor 5 fallen soldiers in the 375th CSSB were donated by Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization that donates wreaths to veterans' cemeteries and other locations throughout the U.S.

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