Ryan (age 25) in the Marine Corp. Reserves, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment, Weapons Company based out of Akron,Oh. He graduated from Penn State, Behrend in Dec.2001, and Joined USMC Reserves after 9/11/01. Works for USIS in Boyers and Married Shannon Crawford in June 2004. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and golfing. He has 2 Brothers Nathan & Jordan, and was an Altar Boy at St. Paul's RC Church for many years. His favorite quote is: To protect the sheep one must be a wolf! He was deployed to Iraq in Feb.2005 for 7 months.
I've talked to him and he is in the thick of things. Please pray for him and all the other Marines and Soldiers.
There is a story about his unit in the Chicago Tribune. You can read the story by copying & pasting the following into your brower's address line.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0505030117may03,1,2904226.story?ctrack=1&cset=true