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Second Lt. Derek Cash, a platoon commander with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, supervises his Marines as they search a vehicle at a base security checkpoint here Dec. 11, 2008. Cash, now a first lieutenant, is currently the executive officer for Weapons Company, 2/25 in Garden City, N.Y. Cash was commissioned through the Officer Candidate Class- Reserve program in 2008. In his civilian career he works at a large international banking firm in New York City.