In honor of National Purple Heart Day, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office would like to honor all the brave men and women that were wounded on the battlefield or that made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom. We also pay homage to our own Agent Ruben Gomez of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Offenders Unit. Ruben was awarded a Purple Heart after being wounded in Afghanistan in 2011. An eighteen-year United States Army Veteran, Ruben was a medic with 5 combat deployments before being medically discharged in 2015. As a part of the Special Offenders Unit here at OCPO, Ruben is a valuable member of our team and does amazing work with our Veterans Diversionary Program and also serves as a Veteran Mentor. Thank you Ruben for your service and your sacrifice. We are all honored to work with you.