- Surviving 'Alive Day', Thomas James Brennan, November 26, 2012
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Thomas James Brennan
Thomas James Brennan is a sergeant in the Marine Corps. He served both in Iraq and Afghanistan with the First Battalion, Eighth Marines. Now 27, he is stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He is a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Follow him on Twitter at @thomasjbrennan.
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Army Sergeant Mathew Gilling provides security on top of a barrier last week in the village of Hesarak in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Army photo by Specialist Vang Seng Thao
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