Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor PO2 (EOD2) (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq, giving his life to save his fellow Seals.(Notice: Mike was not a Navy SEAL, he was EOD.He gave his life to save a group of Navy SEALS.) During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San Diego , as his coffin was being moved from the hearseto the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , SEAL's were lined up on both sidesof the pallbearers route forming a column of two's,with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike'scoffin passed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it downembedding the Trident in the wooden coffin. The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it. This was a fitting send-off for a warrior hero. This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every day. Since the media won't make this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding it. I am very proud of our military. If you are proud too, please pass this on. If not then rest assured that these fine men and women of our military will continue to serve and protect. God Bless our Troops now...check out snopes on this one: http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/monsoor.asp
A testament to the person he was... he was the only person on the rooftop that had an avenue to escape. He could have done so without injury, but he opted to save his comrades.
right on it's the same over here, a couple of years ago when a serviceman was killed in action, it would be the top story, now it just gets a small paragraph on page 5! its a disgrace
Thank you for that post!! Too often we forget the sacrifice young men & women make. God bless him and all who serve and have served our nations in the name of freedom. God Bless the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and those who have wounds we cannot see.
