said Mr. Fay, 56, a forceful personality who often calls the program “a red-headed stepchild,” partly because of the artists’ lack of formal status in the Marine hierarchy. As a result ...

Fay, who served in the Gulf War of 1991 as well as in Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq and Afghanistan, is among 22 Marines whose art graces the combat gallery’s walls.

Staff Sgt. Douglas Seeley, son of Robert and Martha Seeley of Zumbrota, recently graduated from Airman Leadership School at Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, Calif. He received the John L.