Short Count

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2 – Number of hands Sgt. James Wright lost in Iraq.

1 – Number of legs Staff Sgt. Berle “Jack” Sigman lost in Iraq.

1 – Number of feet 1st Lt. Charles E. Hayter lost in Afghanistan.

0 – Number of the above-mentioned Marines that let these injuries affect their drive to stay Marine.

19 – Double recipients of the Medal of Honor.

4,620 – Number of Marines that have been wounded in action as of September 8 in the Global War on Terrorism.

30 – Age of the current tube launched, optically tracked, wire guided missile weapon system.

3,750 – Range in meters of the new TOW2A Bunker Buster. Score of the 16th Annual Navy vs. Marine Corps All-Star Game in which the Marines beat the Navy.

5 – Age of Recruit Abraham M. Bonna when he trekked through the deserts of Sudan to get to Ethiopia and refuge from persecution by the northern regime.

6–3 – Score of the 16th Annual Navy vs. Marine Corps All-Star Game in which the Marines beat the Navy.

21,000 – Number of Marines that Marine Corps Recruit Depot graduates each year.