Our friends at the Gary Sinise Foundation are doing more good work for a hero who was severely injured in Afghanistan.
They are building a specially adapted smart home in Fallbrook, CA for U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Jason Pacheco.
Pacheco joined the Scout Sniper Platoon and deployed to Southeast Asia to train alongside foreign militaries in the jungles. In between training exercises, he prepared for and competed to earn a spot at Advanced Urban Sniper School.
Just three months after arriving in Afghanistan, Pacheco was pinned down in a four-hour firefight with Taliban soldiers. Pacheco headed out to conduct a battle damage assessment when he was blindsided by an improvised explosive device. He stepped on an IED that resulted in a traumatic brain injury, below the knee leg amputation, a right femur fracture, left pinky amputation, blown eardrums and shrapnel to his hands, arms, neck, torso and lower extremities.
Pacheco was sent to the Naval Medical Center in San Diego where he endured grueling physical therapy. It took him 3 months to learn to walk and 6 months to run. In April of 2011 just months after his injuries, he returned to 2nd Battalion 4th Marines to be back with his fellow Marines. He made a promise to my Marines that he would be back by their side.
Pacheco became one the first three Marine Corps amputees to return to a combat zone on full duty. He returned stateside a year later in April 2012 to become a sniper instructor and medically retired in October 2019.
On Thursday, October 9, 2025, we will host a Walls of Honor Ceremony to celebrate Jason and the halfway point of his new home.
The PGR will be in attendance and accompany Jason and his family to their home.
NOTE: This mission posting is to facilitate your voluntary participation in honoring this Marine hero. All PGR members are welcome. Please see the time table if you wish to participate.
Time Table for Thursday, 09 October 2025:0900 - Stage at Mobil Gas Station 4730 CA-76, Fallbrook, CA 92028
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vrKqmCMFfYhp4Myu90930 - Mission Briefing
0945 - expected KSU to Jason's new home, approximately 4 miles.
Ride Captain
Robert Mahoney
hondaharley2003@yahoo.com
760-201-7905
You need not be a veteran or a motorcycle rider to attend this mission. All PGR members are welcome. We encourage those who do not ride to attend via car. If this is your first mission, meet at the staging area to be briefed by the Ride Captain (RC). Dress for motorcycle riding or dress casually, if driving a cage (car).
