Staff Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez (right), platoon sergeant for Regimental Combat Team 8’s Personal Security Detail, says seeing one of his former recruits succeed in his Marine Corps career makes him proud of his time as a drill instructor. Sgt. Jaime Osornio (left), a radio operator with RCT- 8’s Communications section, says the lessons he learned from Gonzalez have helped make him a successful Marines. - Staff Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez (right), platoon sergeant for Regimental Combat Team 8’s Personal Security Detail, says seeing one of his former recruits succeed in his Marine Corps career makes him proud of his time as a drill instructor. Sgt. Jaime Osornio (left), a radio operator with RCT- 8’s Communications section, says the lessons he learned from Gonzalez have helped make him a successful Marines.

In his field dental clinic aboard Camp Korean Village, Iraq, Lt. John P. Walsh, a 28-year-old native of Hatfield, Pa. is the officer-in-charge of Dental Detachment 08-02, 2nd Combat Logistics Battalion, performs a dental exam on Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kevin Bedard, 44, of Sea Cliff, N.Y. Bedard is currently serving as a senior watch officer with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment. Bedard retired from the Marine Corps in 2005 after a 22-year active duty career and was teaching Junior Navy ROTC classes at Westbury High School in Westbury, N.Y. before volunteering to come back to active duty in July in order deploy to Iraq with 2/25. - In his field dental clinic aboard Camp Korean Village, Iraq, Lt. John P. Walsh, a 28-year-old native of Hatfield, Pa. is the officer-in-charge of Dental Detachment 08-02, 2nd Combat Logistics Battalion, performs a dental exam on Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kevin Bedard, 44, of Sea Cliff, N.Y. Bedard is currently serving as a senior watch officer with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment. Bedard retired from the Marine Corps in 2005 after a 22-year active duty career and was teaching Junior Navy ROTC classes at Westbury High School in Westbury, N.Y. before volunteering to come back to active duty in July in order deploy to Iraq with 2/25.