The US Marines killed in action on 8 April 2019 near Bagram Air Base,Northern Parwan Province,Afghanistan have been identified by the Pentagon.All of them were serving in the 25th Marine Regiment,4th Marine Division,US Marine Forces Reserve.They were:
CPL Robert Hendriks,25,of Locust Valley,New York;SGT Benjamin Hines,31,of York,Pennsylvania;and SSGT Christopher Slutman,43,of Newark,Delaware.All the Marines were deployed through the Georgia Deployment Program-Resolute Support Mission,which is an ongoing six-month rotation in partnership with the Georgian Armed Forces in support of the NATO Resolute Support Mission.The Marines first deployed to the Republic of Georgia in Eastern Europe,where they trained and assisted the Georgian infantry in preparation for executing the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.*
SGT Hines and SSGT Slutman were previously acquainted,both having pulled tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2008.SSGT Slutman was fondly called "the old man" in light of his age and depth of experience both within and outside of the Marine Corps.He had been a New York City Fire Department firefighter for 15 years in the Bronx,as well as a volunteer firefighter with the Kentlands Volunteer Fire Department in Prince Georges County,Maryland for 19 years.In New York,he was decorated with the Fire Chiefs Association Memorial Medal for rescuing an unconscious woman from a high rise apartment building fire.SSGT Slutman was married and the father of three daughters.*
"Be strong and of a good courage,fear not,nor be afraid of them:for the Lord thy God,he it is that doth go with thee;he will not fail thee,nor forsake thee."
-Deuteronomy 31:6
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