Corporal Garret Jones, USMC (Ret.) is to be honored by the Marine Corps Intelligence and National Military Association with the Mr. John J. Guenther Marine Corps Intelligence Civilian of the Year Award. He is currently a civilian intelligence officer for the United States Marine Corps, at the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity. He will be presented with this prestigious award on September 17th, in Arlington, VA.
Growing up, Garrett dreamed of becoming a police officer like his father, who after ending his military service joined law enforcement. With a war boiling in the Middle, Garrett felt called to postpone his law enforcement dreams and serve his country by joining the Marines in 2005.
On July 23, 2007, Garrett’s squad was on a foot patrol in Karmah, Iraq when an IED detonated directly beneath his feet launching him into the air. Garrett was blown off the road, leaving him dazed and barely able to recognize that his left arm and leg were injured.
Despite the loss of his left leg, Garrett returned to active duty later that year after receiving a prosthetic leg. In November of 2008, he came back from Afghanistan to retire from active duty.
Through the support of the Sentinels of Freedom, he returned to school and graduated from Western Oregon University with a Bachelor’s in Community Health in 2012.
