When Derick Young was honorably retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in April of 2012, his service to his country did not end.

Young, 45, is a native of Warren and is the director of the Mahoning County Veterans Honor Court. He is also one of five commissioners of the Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission.

“It keeps me busy,” Young said, “but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

After graduating from Warren G. Harding High School in 1998, Young enlisted in the Marines. He became a sergeant in 2004 while the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were escalating. A year later, in February 2005, Young and the 3rd Battalion 25th Marines were deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Young was an assistant mobile assault platoon commander in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq w

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