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Colonel John Dirk is a native of Texas. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he was a Trident Scholar and conducted independent research into the effects of radiation on microelectronics. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the USMCR in May 2002. Col. Dirk completed The Basic School with E Company, conducted Primary
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LtCol Pope’s first fleet assignment was to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 “Thunder Chickens” (VMM-263), where he served in various assignments in the operations and maintenance departments, deploying with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in 2011 in support of OPERATION UNIFIED PROTECTOR in Libya and contingency operations the Middle East.
Major Alec Rackish, a native of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in December 2009 upon completion of Officer Candidate School (OCC-202). Following completion of The Basic School, Primary Flight Training at Vance AFB, and Advanced Strike Training with VT-9 at NAS Meridian, he earned his designation as a
Sergeant Major Luis A. Galvez reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California on 13 October 1998, and graduated on 9 January 1999. Upon completion of Marine Corps Combat Training, he attended the Basic Combat Engineer School in Courthouse Bay, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. After successful completion of MOS school, he received orders