 Hello my name is JD Thornock, I was a sergeant in the Marine Corps and I want to take a minute to remember Lance Corporal Carlos Aragon. Aragon was with us, brand new, right out of school, he was a light armored vehicle mechanic and that's how we got around in Afghanistan was in these light armored vehicles. And he was a great mechanic, he was very quiet but you listen to him when he talked for two reasons, one was he knew what he was talking about and he would get your vehicle up and running ready to go if he had any issues with it so you listen to him. And two, if he had something else to say he was hilarious, he was so funny and it was always a good good time to have Carlos with us. I can remember being on patrols and on missions you know extended operations and in the morning didn't matter how cold we were, how hot we were, how hungry, thirsty, messy, dirty we were, he'd always wake up you know and he'd kind of rub his eyes and just look out over the vast desert of Afghanistan and just say hello world, that was it. I mean that was as much conversation as you were going to get out of Carlos on a on any given day but he was a good spirit, a good guy to have around, he was he was always a guy that you wanted and on anything and unfortunately on March 1st, 2010 his life was taken by enemy actions in Afghanistan and I'll always remember Carlos, I love Carlos, he was a good marine and a good friend and I just want to take this time on Memorial Day weekend especially to remember guys like Carlos, he was a mechanic, what was he doing providing security when for for us infantry guys when he shouldn't should have been doing other things we should have been covering him but he saw a need and he stepped up provided security his selfless service kept us safe and unfortunately it took him away from us so please this Memorial Day while you're out doing what it is that you do remember guys like Carlos whose selfless service has provided us the freedoms that we have rest in peace Carlos Semper Fidelis brother