CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA - Two Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines are in hot water this week after a chain of unfortunate events has left their government vehicle in ruins.
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines is in preparation for their upcoming duty with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable).
Early on the morning of July 30th, the Battalion Motor Pool received a flurry of calls from the two Marines -- but they went unanswered due to the dispatcher's being in the middle of a heated game of Madden, or what they called "annual training."
The two communications Marines -- Corporals' Michael Dermot and Philip Nagowski -- were on a run to Camp Foster to reallocate spare PRC-117 radios when their HMMWV unexpectedly ran out of gas. It then rolled gently to a stop at the end of a downhill street in the town of Kin before the aging vehicle's front axle snapped.
