Hero? I think so......

[RICHARD]

I BET YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER OR ON THE 6 O'CLOCK NEWS"

~

The Sailor
Pictured Below Is,

Navy Petty Officer, PO2

(Petty Officer, Second Class) EOD2

(Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Second Class)


"MIKE MONSOOR"

April 5th, 1981 - September 29th, 2009





Mike Monsoor,

Was Awarded "The Congressional Medal Of Honor" Last Week,

For Giving His Life In Iraq , As He Jumped On,
And Covered With His Body, A Live Hand Grenade,

That Was Accidentally Dropped By A Navy Seal,

Saving The Lives Of A Large Group Of Navy Seals That Was Passing By!

~

During Mike Monsoor's Funeral, At
Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , In San Diego , California ...

The Six Pallbearers Removed The Rosewood Casket From
The Hearse, And Lined Up On Each Side Of Mike
Monsoor's Casket, Were His Family Members, Friends,
Fellow Sailors, And Well-wishers. The
Column Of People Continued From The Hearse, All The
Way To The Grave Site.

What The Group Didn't Know At The Time Was,
Every Navy Seal (45 To Be Exact)

That Mike Monsoor Saved That Day
Was Scattered Throughout The Column!

~

As The Pallbearers Carried The Rosewood Casket Down
The Column Of People To The Grave Side.

The Column Would Collapse. Which
Formed A Group Of People That Followed Behind.

~

Every Time The Rosewood Casket Passed A Navy Seal, He
Would Remove His Gold Trident Pin From His Uniform,

And Slap It Down Hard, Causing
The Gold Trident Pin To Embed Itself

Into The Top Of The Wooden Casket!

Then The Navy Seal Would Step Back From The Column, And Salute!

~

Now For Those, (And Me) Who
Doesn't Know What A Trident Pin Is or What It Looks Like?

Here Is The Definition And Photo!


After One Completes The Basic Navy Seals Program Which Lasts
For Three Weeks, And Is Followed By Seal Qualification Training,

Which Is 15 More Weeks Of Training,

Necessary To Continue Improving Basic Skills And
To Learn New Tactics And Techniques,

Required For An Assignment To A Navy Seal Platoon.

After successful completion, Trainees
Are Given Their Naval Enlisted Code, And
Are Awarded The Navy Seal Trident Pin.

With This Gold Pin They Are Now Officially Navy Seals!

It Was Said, That You Could Hear Each Of The
45 Slaps From Across The Cemetery!

By The Time The Rosewood Casket Reached The Grave Site,

It Looked As Though It Had A Gold Inlay From The 45
Trident Pins That Lined The Top!






This Was A Fitting End To An Eternal Send-Off For A Warrior Hero!

This Should Be Front-Page News!

Instead Of The Garbage We Listen To And See Every Day.
~

[Catherinedana]

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because
rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
- George Orwell -

Thank you for posting and reminding us. I had seen this before and it brings tears to my eyes each time.

C.

[phesina]

Thank you, Richard. I hadn't read this story before.

I agree with you, why wasn't this on the evening news instead of whichever latest Tiger Woods mistress?

[Grace]

I agree with you, why wasn't this on the evening news instead of whichever latest Tiger Woods mistress?

This happened back in September 2006, and the Medal of Honor was awarded in April 2008. Long before Tiger's activities were revealed.

[phesina]

Oh, well, surely some OTHER celebrity was monopolizing all the mass communication channels, that we all needed to hear about much more than we needed to hear about Mike Monsoor in September 2006.. and ANOTHER celebrity had April 2008 all tied up.