The Last Deployment Project

Zachary Schact served as an 0352 Anti-Tank Missileman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines (1/8) as a member of the battalion's Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT). After finally completing infantry training, Zachary joined 1/8 just as the battalion was preparing for their 2021 deployment. Like many of his peers, he had to learn hard and fast in order to fulfill the missions expected of CAAT. When they reached their final destination in Kabul, Afghanistan however, things didn't work out quite how they expected.

Liam Poole served as an 0352 Anti-Tank Missileman with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR). While 2nd LAR was putting together its detachment that would join 1st Battalion, 8th Marines as they prepared for their 2021, Liam was selected to join them. He had already been with LAR for a couple years by this point, but like so many of his comrades, this would be his first and last overseas deployment.

Liam Poole served as an 0352 Anti-Tank Missileman with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR). While 2nd LAR was putting together its detachment that would join 1st Battalion, 8th Marines as they prepared for their 2021, Liam was selected to join them. He had already been with LAR for a couple years by this point, but like so many of his comrades, this would be his first and last overseas deployment.

Corey Snyder served as an 0331 Machine Gunner with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines. Specifically, he was assigned to 1/8's Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) just as the battalion was preparing for its scheduled 2021 deployment. He and many others had no idea that their deployment would occur during the same time as the Taliban's final offensive which resulted in their capturing of the Afghan capital of Kabul and the collapse of the Western backed government of Afghanistan. What could have prepared him and his comrades for such an experience?