The GIANTS

Chris Kotch

Chris Kotch enlisted in the ARMY Reserves in 1999 right out of high school. Went straight to boot camp the day after graduation. He completed his advanced training for the M.P. Corps the following summer. In 2002 his unit the 94th M.P. Company was activated to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. They shipped out to Iraq in April 2003. After 5 months in country Kotch's humvee was hit by a terrorist IED while conducting patrols outside of Ar-Ramadi. Command would not authorize a dust off in Indian Country so their patrol had to drive Kotch back through the kill zone to deliver him to a safe LZ. An ARMY Blackhawk flew him to a field hospital. During the flight Kotch died twice before ARMY medics and surgeons brought him back. He currently resides in Maine and is married with one son. Kotch is METAL.

Jaime Juarez

These photo's are of Marine Master Sergeant Jaime Juarez at his retirement ceremonies at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twenty Nine Palms, California. MSgt. Juarez served 21 years in the Marine Corps and was deployed with the First Marine Division in 2003 during Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He served another 7 month combat tour in Iraq in 2004. The following year he was promoted to Master Sergeant and served out his career at Twenty Nine Palms. He retired in June, 2007 and currently resides in Corpus Christi, Texas with his wife Maryann. Juarez is METAL.

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