“I’ve had a lot of failures in my life, more so than my successes,” Gunnery Sgt. Joshua Ostermann jokes. “In high school, I let those get to me. The Marine Corps taught me that when I hit a wall, I find a ladder.”
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The sun shined throughout the National Museum of the Marine Corps atrium in Triangle, Virginia, Illuminating the faces of a group of elite members of the United States Marine Corps and their families. They have traveled from their respective units and homes across the United States to accept an award from the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Christopher J. Mahoney.
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The clacking of a keyboard, the steady pounding of shoes during a long run, the sound of a turning page; these are all sounds that are universal. No matter where you hear them, they sound the same. So, what separates Sgt. Paul Nhomba from the rest of the workers, runners and readers of the Marine Corps? While he now hears these noises on American soil, they rang out in his home country of Cameroon for most of his life.
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