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Lance Cpl. Christopher Crump moves into position while awaiting a serve from the opposing team during a sitting volleyball match between the veteran and allied teams as part of the 2012 Marine Corps Trials Feb. 18. Crump is on the Wounded Warrior Battalion squad, but belongs to Headquarters and Service Company, 1st
Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, where he works as a field wireman. On Aug. 16, 2011, just weeks after returning home from a deployment in Afghanistan, Crump was cruising on his motorcycle after a day at the beach with friends, when he was struck by vehicle that ran a red light in Oceanside, Calif. Crump suffered multiple, major injuries to his skull, fibula, tibia, lungs and ribs to name a few. This is Crump’s first year to come to the trials where he will be trying out for the air-rifle prone, archery and sitting volleyball teams. The Marine Corps Trials is a Wounded Warrior Regiment hosted event in which approximately 300 wounded, ill and injured Marines compete for a spot on the 50-athlete, All-Marine team roster. The selected athletes will go on to compete in the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, April 30 – May 6. The Games are a competition between all branches of service for wounded, ill and injured service members.
| Date Taken: | 02.18.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 02.18.2012 22:02 |
| Photo ID: | 528145 |
| VIRIN: | 120218-M-CX982-882 |
| Resolution: | 4010x2864 |
| Size: | 7.03 MB |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 29 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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