{"id":5339,"date":"2023-04-16T17:35:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T23:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americasveteransstories.com\/?p=5339"},"modified":"2023-04-17T17:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T23:41:04","slug":"mike-medina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americasveteransstories.com\/afghanistan\/mike-medina\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Medina"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5339\" class=\"elementor elementor-5339\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42cca0e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42cca0e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65a4803\" data-id=\"65a4803\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b9d13b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68b9d13b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5342 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/americasveteransstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mike-Medina.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>United States Marine Corps Veteran Mike Medina has an amazing story. Mike joined the Marines at the age of seventeen and served five deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. His first combat engagement came just three days after arriving in Iraq as a driver on an Abrams M1-A1 tank. Sergeant Medina eventually became a tank commander. Losing one of his fellow Marines shortly after arriving in Iraq made war real to Medina. 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