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NWFA completes 51st home with Gary Sinise Foundation

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26, 2010, he was conducting a long-range reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan when he was severely injured by an improvised explosive device (IED). Today, he remains active outdoors and even goes skiing. SSgt Blank joined the Marine Corps in 2006. In 2008, he was deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.