Your Military

2 fallen Marines added to military school's Hall of Heroes

By The Associated Press

Jul 28, 2015

Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Hug, from Phoenix, Arizona, deployed to Kathmandu, Nepal with Joint Task Force 505 shortly after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country April 25. JTF 505 was called upon by the Nepalese Government to provide humanitarian relief shortly after the earthquake. May 12 another 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the country and JTF 505 continued to provide relief. That afternoon, while providing humanitarian aid, a UH-1Y Huey, with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, crashed eight miles north of Charikot, Nepal. Two Nepalese soldiers and six U.S. Marines were on board the helicopter. One of those Marines was Lance Cpl. Hug, a combat videographer assigned to Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Combat Camera.

FORT MEADE, Md. — Two Marines who were killed while on a relief mission in Nepal have been inducted into the Defense Information School's Hall of Heroes.

The Capital Gazette reports that Cpl. Sara Medina, of Aurora, Illinois, and Lance Cpl. Jacob Hug, of Phoenix, Arizona, were inducted into the school's memorial at Fort George G. Meade on Monday.

Medina and Hug died in helicopter crash in May during a mission to provide aid in Nepal following the April 25 earthquake that killed more than 9,000 people.

The Hall of Heroes was unveiled in 2006 to honor those in the communications field who died serving their country.

The U.S. Defense Department says Medina served as a combat photographer. Hug was a combat videographer. Both were with the Marine Corps Installations Pacific in Okinawa, Japan.

Share:

In Other News

Troops to get an average housing allowance boost of over 5% in 2025

The new rates take effect Jan. 1.

Trump says he’ll begin Jan. 6 pardons ‘the first hour’ in office

Trump said he would look at each individual case, rather than issue a blanket pardon for all Jan. 6 defendants.

Navy to cut boot camp from 10 weeks to nine

The Navy is revamping its curriculum to “eliminate redundant training."

Army to cut credentialing benefit, drop officers from program

The cap for credentialing reimbursements through the Army program will drop from $4,000 to $2,000 in coming months.

Medical care limits for transgender minors complicate defense bill

A provision in the must-pass defense measure would block certain military medical care options for transgender youth.