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A Battalion Landing Team 3/1 rifle detail fires a salute at a Feb. 17 memorial service aboard USS Makin Island honoring corpsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyler L. Estrada, who died in a Djibouti training accident Feb. 14. Estrada, who served with the landing team’s Company I, was 21 and a native of Maricopa, Ariz. “Doc died in the company of his brothers,” said company commander Capt. Matt McGirr. The landing team is the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility. Family members stated that they are very proud of Kyler for his dedication to God and Country. Kyler’s wife stated: “For those of you who never met him, you should know he was the best man you could have ever had in your life.” She also stated that he was her best friend and her soul mate.
