Firefighters recognized for lifesaving actions

Danny Strand, director, Security and Emergency Services, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif.; Gregg Kunkel, chief, emergency medical services; Zachary Zamora, firefighter, MCLBB Fire Department; Eric Keck, paramedic, MCLBB FD; James Fletcher, firefighter, MCLBB FD; Col. Sekou Karega, commanding officer, MCLBB; Capt. Marvin Torgeson, MCLBB FD; Kevin Watson, firefighter MCLB FD; Sgt.Maj. Sergio MartinezRuiz, base sergeant major, MCLBB; and Paul Purdy, chief, MCLBB FD; assembled to recognize six firefighters for their actions to save a man trapped between two military vehicles at Fleet Support Division Oct. 25, 2016, aboard the Yermo Annex of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif. Thanks to their quick actions the man survived, but had to have his right kidney removed.