Sgt. Louis Wood, scout sniper, Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Fort Worth, Texas, pays his respects to Sgt. Thomas Z. Spitzer with fellow Marines waiting to do the same during a memorial ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan on July 2, 2014. The memorial was in honor of Spitzer, a professionally instructed gunman with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Bn., 7th Marines, who was killed while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan on June 25, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan) |