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US Navy - Guided Missile Destroyer DDG 109 - USS Jason Dunham |
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Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG; Arleigh Burke class, Flight IIA Builder: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA STATUS: Awarded: September 13, 2002 Laid down: April 11, 2008 Launched: August 2, 2009 Commissioned: November 13, 2010 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Station Mayport, Florida Namesake: CPL Jason Lee Dunham, USMC (1981-2004) Ships Motto: SEMPER FIDELIS, SEMPER FORTIS (always faithful, always strong) Technical Data: see: INFO > Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG |
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 returning to Naval Station Mayport, Florida - June 26, 2022  Mk.45 gun fire - Mediterranean Sea - March 2022  Red Sea - February 2022  Red Sea - January 2022  Mediterranean Sea - January 2022  Piraeus, Greece - December 2021  departing Naval Station Mayport, Florida - December 1, 2021  departing Naval Station Mayport, Florida - December 1, 2021  departing Naval Station Mayport, Florida - December 1, 2021  Atlantic Ocean - October 2021  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Station Mayport, Florida - February 13, 2021  departing BAE Systems Ship Repair, Norfolk, Virginia after a 7-month Docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) - July 2020  departing BAE Systems Ship Repair, Norfolk, Virginia after a 7-month Docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) - July 2020  Fleet Week New York - May 2019  Fleet Week New York - May 2019  Atlantic Ocean - December 2018  Atlantic Ocean - December 2018  Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - December 2018  command photo - Mediterranean Sea - December 2018  command photo - Mediterranean Sea - December 2018  command photo - Mediterranean Sea - December 2018  Suez Canal (northbound) - December 2018  Mk.45 Mod.4 gun fire - Gulf of Aden - November 2018  with French Navy Frigate FS Courbet (F 712) - Arabian Gulf - November 2018  with French Navy Frigate FS Courbet (F 712) - Arabian Gulf - November 2018  with French Navy Frigate FS Courbet (F 712) - Arabian Gulf - November 2018  Arabian Gulf - November 2018  bridge/helm - Arabian Gulf - November 2018  Mk.45 Mod.4 gun fire - Arabian Gulf - November 2018  Mk.45 Mod.4 gun fire - 5th Fleet AOR - September 2018  Mk.38 Mod.2 machine gun fire - 5th Fleet AOR - September 2018  flight operations - 5th Fleet AOR - September 2018  Gulf of Aden - August 2018  Gulf of Aden - August 2018  Mk.32 torpedo tubes - 5th Fleet AOR - August 2018  Bab el Mandeb Strait - August 2018  Gulf of Aden - August 2018  Red Sea - August 2018  Red Sea - August 2018  Red Sea - August 2018  Red Sea - August 2018  Safaga, Egypt - July 2018  5th Fleet AOR - July 2018  Mk.38 Mod.2 machine gun fire - Mediterranean Sea - June 2018  Mk.32 torpedo tube exercise - Mediterranean Sea - June 2018  Haifa, Israel - June 2018  a Standard Missile SM-2 was fired from the forward Mk.41 VLS - Atlantic Ocean - November 2017  Gulf of Mexico - September 2016  Gulf of Mexico - September 2016  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 28, 2015  Atlantic Ocean - August 2015  Klaipeda, Lithuania - July 2015  Riga, Latvia - July 2015  Helsinki, Finland - July 2015  Kiel, Germany - June 2015  Kiel, Germany - June 2015  North Sea - June 2015  Haakonsvern Naval Base, Norway - May 2015  Rota, Spain - April 2015  Black Sea - April 2015  Dardanelles - April 2015  Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - March 2015  Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - March 2015  Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - March 2015  Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - February 2015  CDR Darren Dugan, Commanding Officer (CO) - February 2015  Faslane, Scotland - October 2014  MH-60R Seahawk of HSM-46 'Grandmasters' on the flight deck - September 2014  off Virginia - June 2014  aft missile deck and Mk.32 torpedo tubes - Atlantic Ocean - May 2014  Norfolk, Virginia - February 2014  Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - March 2013  Suez Canal - March 2013  5th Fleet AOR - March 2013  5th Fleet AOR - March 2013  5th Fleet AOR - March 2013  5th Fleet AOR - March 2013  5th Fleet AOR - March 2013  5th Fleet AOR - March 2013  5th Fleet AOR - March 2013  5th Fleet AOR - March 2013  5th Fleet AOR - January 2013  small boat operations - 5th Fleet AOR - January 2013  Mk.45 Mod.4 5"62-caliber gun fire - January 2013  Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes - October 2012  5th Fleet AOR - October 2012  5th Fleet AOR - October 2012  Arabian Sea - October 2012  Mk.15 Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) - October 2012  Suez Canal - September 2012  vertical replenishment (VERTREP) - Mediterranean Sea - September 2012  Mediterranean Sea - September 2012  Black Sea - July 2012  Black Sea - July 2012  Mk.45 Mod.4 gun fire - July 2012  Mk.15 CIWS live fire exercise - July 2012  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - July 2012  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - July 2012  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - July 2012  Atlantic Ocean - June 2012  Atlantic Ocean - June 2012  Mk.45 Mod.4 5"62-caliber gun fire - May 2012  Mk.45 Mod.4 gun fire - May 2012  Mk.45 Mod.4 gun fire - May 2012  Atlantic Ocean - March 2012  Atlantic Ocean - March 2012  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in preparation of hurricane Irene - August 2011  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 23, 2010  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 23, 2010  commissioning ceremony - Port Everglades, Florida - November 13, 2010  arriving at Port Everglades, Florida - November 2010  trials - May 2010 (GDBIW photo via NNS)  trials - May 2010  trials - May 2010  after christening at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine - August 1, 2009  christening ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine - August 1, 2009  construction at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine  construction at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
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USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109): ... service history wanted ... |
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Corporal Jason Lee Dunham (November 10, 1981 -
April 22, 2004): Corporal Jason Lee Dunham was born on 10 November 1981 in Scio, New York. The date may seem insignificant to those who don't know its history. The ones who do know its significance celebrate this day - faithfully - each year. November 10th is the United States Marine Corps birthday... a birthday that Jason Dunham shares. Corporal Jason L. Dunham was 22 years old when he left us. He came from the small town of Scio (sigh-oh) population 1900. It’s the kind of town where everyone knows your name... where values and respect still mean something. It was here, along a winding country road filled with rolling-meadows, and a swift moving creek, that Jason L. Dunham was brought into this world. As you turn into the Dunham’s long driveway that leads to their house, the breeze catches a yellow ribbon tied to the mailbox and the story begins to unfold. The further you drive; two flags adorn the front porch, an American flag and the United States Marine Corps flag. And both seem to play the same quiet song, and yet both stand tall for this fallen young man. There is a final reminder that Jason Dunham is no longer with us… a blue star in the front window has been replaced by a gold star, symbolizing the Dunham family loss. On April 14, 2004, 3 days after Easter Sunday, Corporal Dunham was manning a checkpoint in Karabilah, Iraq, when an insurgent leapt from his car and began choking Corporal Dunham. A scuffle ensued as two Marines approached to help. Reportedly, the last words from Corporal Dunham were, “No, No. Watch his hand.” Suddenly, the insurgent dropped a grenade. Corporal Dunham took off his Kevlar helmet, dropped to the ground, and covered the explosive as best he could. The blast seriously wounded all 3 Marines. Eight days later, Corporal Jason L. Dunham died at Bethesda Naval Hospital from wounds he received in the incident. He was 22. Corporal Dunham made the ultimate sacrifice, and in doing so saved the lives of his fellow Marines. Due to his actions on that fateful day, Corporal Dunham has been awarded the Medal of Honor. Medal of Honor citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental Combat Team 7, First Marine Division (Reinforced), on 14 April 2004. Corporal Dunham's squad was conducting a reconnaissance mission in the town of Karabilah, Iraq, when they heard rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire erupt approximately two kilometers to the west. Corporal Dunham led his Combined Anti-Armor Team towards the engagement to provide fire support to their Battalion Commander's convoy, which had been ambushed as it was traveling to Camp Husaybah. As Corporal Dunham and his Marines advanced, they quickly began to receive enemy fire. Corporal Dunham ordered his squad to dismount their vehicles and led one of his fire teams on foot several blocks south of the ambushed convoy. Discovering seven Iraqi vehicles in a column attempting to depart, Corporal Dunham and his team stopped the vehicles to search them for weapons. As they approached the vehicles, an insurgent leaped out and attacked Corporal Dunham. Corporal Dunham wrestled the insurgent to the ground and in the ensuing struggle saw the insurgent release a grenade. Corporal Dunham immediately alerted his fellow Marines to the threat. Aware of the imminent danger and without hesitation, Corporal Dunham covered the grenade with his helmet and body, bearing the brunt of the explosion and shielding his Marines from the blast. In an ultimate and selfless act of bravery in which he was mortally wounded, he saved the lives of at least two fellow Marines. By his undaunted courage, intrepid fighting spirit, and unwavering devotion to duty, Corporal Dunham gallantly gave his life for his country, thereby reflecting great credit upon himself and upholding the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. |
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