Marines and sailors remember caring, fearless brother in Marjah [Image 2 of 15]

COMBAT OUTPOST DULUTH, AFGHANISTAN

04.24.2012

Photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez 

I Marine Expeditionary Force

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Derick Clark, a kennel supervisor with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, and 26-year-old native of Hillsdale, Mich., comforts Yeager, an improvised explosive device detection dog, as they wait for the beginning of a memorial service in honor of Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, a dog handler and mortarman who served with Weapons Company, 2nd Bn., 9th Marines, here, April 22, 2012. Tarwoe, who became Yeager’s handler in July 2011, was killed in action during a dismounted patrol in support of combat operations in Helmand province’s Marjah district, April 12. Tarwoe’s fellow Marines remember him for his contagious laughter and smile, and his unfaltering courage on the battlefield.

• Date Taken: 04.24.2012
• Date Posted: 04.24.2012 07:30
• Photo ID: 564357
• VIRIN: 120422-M-PH863-002
• Resolution: 5125x3417
• Size: 1.75 MB
• Location: COMBAT OUTPOST DULUTH, AF