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End of Duty: a LCpl. Smarr Story
A Marine Corps color guard from Marine Corps Base Albany, Ga., carry the colors during a Navy and Marine Corps Medal award ceremony for Lance Cpl. Nicholas Smarr at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Dec. 7, 2018. Smarr, a Reserve Marine, was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his actions that cost him his life two years ago while serving as a police officer for the Americus Police Department. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Niles Lee)