Recruit Honor Grad Awarded
"Chesty" Puller's legacy of leadership continues to inspire today's generations of new Marine recruits.
The Marine Corps Association & Foundation awards the "Chesty" Puller Recruit Company Honor Graduate Award to each graduating company at the Parris Island and San Diego Recruit Depots.
Pfc J.P. Reardon was recognized with the award at the Dec. 7, 2012 Company F graduation for 2d Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
The "Chesty" Puller Recruit Company Honor Graduate Award is presented to the Marine of each graduating company who demonstrated the highest potential for future leadership and responsibility in the Marine Corps. Approximately 90 recruit training companies graduate each year and one recruit honor graduate is selected from each company.
LtGen Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller was the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, and is the only Marine to be awarded five Navy Crosses. He received the nation's second highest military decoration a total of six times, and in addition to the five Navy Crosses he was also awarded the United States Army Distinguished Service Cross.
The "Chesty" Puller Recruit Company Honor Graduate Award, other honor graduate awards and awards for all the Marine Corps' formal schools are presented through the MCA&F Marine Excellence Awards Program. Each year MCA&F gives awards to recognize nearly 11,000 deserving Marines and provides about 97 percent of all awards distributed in the Corps outside the USMC awards system.
Pfc J. P. Reardon, center, was recognized as the "Chesty" Puller Recruit Company Honor Graduate during the graduation ceremony of "Fox" Company, 2d Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on Dec. 7, 2012. Pfc Reardon is flanked by family and friends, and, on the left, BGen Lori Reynolds, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot/Eastern Recruiting Region and, on the right, SgtMaj Gary W. Buck, the depot sergeant major.
Photo by Cpl Rodion Zabolotniy
The "Chesty" Puller Recruit Company Honor Graduate
Award.
Photo credit by Ron Lunn
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