Michael d fay biography of mahatma

United States Marine

For other people named Michael Fay, see Michael Fay (disambiguation).

Michael D. Fay is a former United States Marine Corpscombat artist. Before his retirement from the Corps,^[1] he was a war artist serving in Iraq.^[3][4][5] He was deployed as an artist-correspondent embedded with US troops in Afghanistan.^[3][4][6][7] He resides in Fredericksburg, Virginia.^[5][8]

Military career

Fay enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1975 and was discharged in 1978^[9] as an 81 mm mortarman (MOS 0341).

In 1978, he returned to Pennsylvania State University and graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Art Education.^[10] In 1983, re-enlisted into the Marines and served as an avionics technician (MOS 6322) working on CH-46s, VH-3Ds, CH-53Es and UH/AH-1s in the Presidential Helicopter Squadron (HMX-1) and Marine Medium