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NMCB FOUR Joins the Run for the Fallen
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Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, Builder 1st Class Davey Shaw (back row, far right), Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Austin Bolter (front row, second from the left) and Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Justin Aichele (front row, far right) pose for a picture after completing a one-mile run in honor of service members who have died during Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom
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On August 24th, three members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four, joined others from around Kuwait to show their support and to renew the awareness of those that we have lost during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Servicemembers in Kuwait ran 1 mile which will be part of a 4,000-plus-mile relay that started in Fort Irwin Texas and will end at Arlington National Cemetery. Every mile ran is in memory of one fallen service member, each mile will have a flag and a personalized card of a lost soldier, sailor, airman or marine lost in our battle to free the world of terrorists.
Builder 1st Class Davey Shaw, Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Justin Aichele and Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Austin Bolter participated in this one mile run which started at the US Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Starting at the embassy, 20 personnel from Camp Moreell, Kuwait and Army LSA ran a one-mile route, with over 150 personnel from different camps and the embassy, through the city and finishing back at the embassy.
"The run was special to me just for its overall meaning," Shaw said. "At any given moment over here, any one of us could become a casualty. I felt it as a way to pay my respects for all those who have gone before me and paid the ultimate price."
A person did not have to run to participate in this event, donations were also being accepted. All donations were going to organizations that are helping the thousands of men and women who are returning home with injuries, such as Wounded Warrior Project and Yellow Ribbon Fund.
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