Lance Cpl. Jordan Wheeler, machine gunner, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 26, and Cpl. Nick Collins, machine gunner, 2/9, SPMAGTF-26, wait outside a restaurant in New York, Nov. 2. Wheeler, a Washington, Pa., native, and Collins, from Orlando, Fla., came to the city with the USS New York and will be participating in the commissioning ceremony and other community outreach events this week. The ship is constructed from seven and a half tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Randall A. Clinton)
091102-M-4003C-025.jpg Photo By: Sgt. Randall A. Clinton

Nov 2, 2009
New York - Lance Cpl. Jordan Wheeler, machine gunner, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 26, and Cpl. Nick Collins, machine gunner, 2/9, SPMAGTF-26, wait outside a restaurant in New York, Nov. 2. Wheeler, a Washington, Pa., native, and Collins, from Orlando, Fla., came to the city with the USS New York and will be participating in the commissioning ceremony and other community outreach events this week. The ship is constructed from seven and a half tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Randall A. Clinton)


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