- Date
- 2004-03
- Kind
- Award
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- militaryfamilycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 2004 Beaver Beacon reported that Lt. Gavin West, son of Elaine and Steve West and a Beaver Island graduate, received his second Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for performance during a recently completed special operations capable exercise. The article describes his 1/6 Scout Sniper Platoon assignment and the unit’s subsequent deployment plans.
Evidence limits
The report does not give the award date, reproduce the citation, or independently verify the unit’s deployment or later assignment.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 2004, “Gavin West Honored”.Reports that Lt. Gavin West, a Beaver Island graduate and the 1/6 Scout Sniper Platoon commanding officer, received a second Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for performance during a special operations capable exercise. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the published award profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Lt. Gavin West receives a second Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-gavin-west-marine-corps-achievement-medal-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2004, “Gavin West Honored”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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