{"id":37812,"date":"2018-05-24T19:52:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T19:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/24\/sergeant-awarded-navy-and-marine-corps-medal-for-disarming-suicidal-marine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:41:55","slug":"sergeant-awarded-navy-and-marine-corps-medal-for-disarming-suicidal-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/05\/24\/sergeant-awarded-navy-and-marine-corps-medal-for-disarming-suicidal-marine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant awarded Navy and Marine Corps medal for disarming suicidal Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A former Marine sergeant on May 17 was awarded the nation\u2019s highest award for noncombat bravery<\/a> for risking his life to disarm a suicidal Marine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy and Marine Corps Medal <\/a>was presented to Sgt. Sean-Paul Donovan, a former 2nd Radio Battalion <\/a>and signals intelligence Marine, at a ceremony held at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The view included a loaded rifle, ammunition and alcohol bottles strewn about and a struggling Marine armed with two semi-automatic pistols: \u201cIt was just a shit show of a scene,\u201d Donovan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a Sunday, June 18, 2017, when he got a distressing call from one of his junior Marines who was driving around North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young Marine told Donovan \u2014 his acting platoon sergeant at the time with 2nd Radio Battalion \u2014 that he had \u201creached a point in his life that he felt he needed to take his own life,\u201d Donovan said, recounting the phone conversation. \u201cIt took me by surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donovan tried to calm the Marine down, and convinced him to return to his house, where Donovan headed out to meet him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Donovan left for the house he phoned his chain of command and the Jacksonville, North Carolina, police department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The junior Marine was holding two pistols in his hands when Donovan entered the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And once inside the house with the armed Marine, Donovan kept his phone on and the line open with the police, so they could hear everything that was going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sean-Paul Donovan, a former Sergeant with 2nd Radio Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 17, 2018. (Lance Cpl. Tiana Boyd\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespite continued risk to himself, Sergeant Donovan stayed in the room with the suicidal Marine and attempted to convince him to put down the pistols and leave with him to go get help,\u201d the award citation reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another Marine sergeant who was acquainted with the struggling Marine also entered the house to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donovan and the other sergeant convinced the suicidal Marine to step out on the balcony for a smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young Marine told Donovan he needed to use bathroom, but was still wielding both pistols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got that feeling gut feeling if he went into that bathroom he wasn\u2019t coming back,\u201d Donovan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he stood up and the pistols were pointing in a safe direction Donovan \u201cgrabbed his wrist and threw him to the ground,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe pointed the gun at my chest and pulled the trigger a few times, the gun didn\u2019t go off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suicidal Marine also pointed the gun at the other sergeant in the room and attempted to fire but the loaded gun still malfunctioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know why they didn\u2019t go off, but thank God they didn\u2019t,\u201d Donovan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donovan and the other sergeant grappled the weapons out of the junior Marine\u2019s hands and the cops rushed up the stairs and arrested him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donovan now works for an armored car company and plans to use his GI Bill to finish college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After leaving the Corps in 2017 after five years, including two six-month combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Donovan received a call from his chain of command informing him that the unit was considering him for the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt blew my mind I was even being put in for such an award,\u201d he told Marine Corps Times. \u201cAt the end of the day, what transpired that day, is what I would expect anyone to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donovan\u2019s heroic actions that day helped prevent \u201cthe loss of life,\u201d according to the award citation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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