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Surrounded By Taliban, But He Took Them On
This is the face of a truly brave man. I’m sure many, when faced with the challenges he faced, would not have been able to act with the level of bravery and skill that Staff Sgt. Lincoln Dockery did. It all started on an ordinary day in eastern Afghanistan. Dockery’s platoon had been ordered to... »
54 Lives Saved By Marines’ Last Stand
Is this isn’t the ultimate in bravery, then I don’t know what is. I’m humbled by these two brave men. I hope that their families can take solace in their loss in knowing that their sons/brothers gave their all to protect others. RAMADI, IRAQ (April 29, 2008) – It was a typical quiet morning on... »
SEAL Gave His Life In Iraq
March 2008 SAN DIEGO — A California-based SEAL who threw his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor, a Defense Department official has confirmed. Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor, of Garden Grove, Calif., was holed up on the roof of a Ramadi house with... »
10 Green Berets Receive Silver Star
After jumping out of helicopters at daybreak onto jagged, ice-covered rocks and into water at an altitude of 10,000 feet, the 12-man Special Forces team scrambled up the steep mountainside toward its target — an insurgent stronghold in northeast Afghanistan. “Our plan,” Capt. Kyle M. Walton recalled in an interview, “was to fight downhill.” But as... »
Navy SEAL Awarded Silver Star
This past January, Chief Special Warfare Operator Mitchell Hall received the Silver Star medal for heroism. On April 2, 2007, Hall’s unit was involved in a combat situation in Habbaniyah, Iraq. His actions in this fight were certainly commendable, and this award has been well placed. According to the release, Hall, assigned to the Naval... »