Jarheads, Gotta Luv ’em.
Several sources are out there, but I’ll link to The Armorer. His opening thoughts raise a point we’ve all speculated about.
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Aug. 13, 2011 – Removed from an ambushed platoon of Marines and soldiers in a remote Afghan village on Sept. 8, 2009, his reality viciously shaken by an onslaught of enemy fighters, Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyer simply reacted as he knew best – tackling what he called “extraordinary circumstances” by “doing the right thing — whatever it takes.”
Nearly two years later, the White House announced yesterday that the 23-year-old Marine scout sniper from Columbia, Ky., who has since left the Marine Corps, will become the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor in 38 years. Retired Sgt. Maj. Allan Kellogg Jr. received the medal in 1973 for gallantry in Vietnam three years earlier.
Here’s a great link: Leatherneck Magazine via a commenter at the Armorer.
Category: Geezer Alert!, Real Soldiers
Yeah read West’s book. Think the ceremony is in September.
It’s in a story like this, that you see everything that’s RIGHT with our young people today!
This was good to read!
Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyer by all acounts I’ve read from those he served with to his family members as never had an ounce of “quit” in him.
All the best to you Cpl. Dakota Meyer.
America is blessed to have you on her side.
“Jarheads, Gotta Luv ’em”
Yep!
there’s a video of Dakota Meyer talking about the action as well as another funny experience in the Corps here:
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/marine-dakota-meyer-marine-medal-of-honor-081211w/
He was on Fox News this morning wearing a T-Shirt that read “Happiness is a Warm Gun”
No truck large enough to carry his balls.
Oorah, Marine.
All you army dogs know you want a Marine to impregnate your wives. Maybe then you’ll stop talking about this “nasty leg” garbage and start talking about how your son is a devil dog.
Thanks for the link StrikeFO. I like to joke, but that video is powerful. THe real deal.