Christopher Bast

Oh-Three-Fifty-Two Christopher Bast

0352 is the United States Marine Corps designation for anti-tank missile men, Marines who are responsible for medium and heavy anti-armor fire support. The transition to civilian life is strange and unnatural. What was meant to be a simple outing to a concert for Thomas Hairgrove, Josh Guynn, and Michael Hayfield, brings up memories of Afghanistan and the war that tested them. Christopher Bast is a combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps having served as an 0311 Rifleman and Scout for the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion out of Camp Pendleton, California. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, then again in 2011-12. He would leave the Marine Corps in 2013 with an honorable discharge at the rank of Corporal.