CPO Justin A. Wilson awarded the Navy Cross
Chief Petty Officer Justin A. Wilson, a corpsman with the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command was awarded the Navy Cross yesterday at Camp Pendleton. CPO Wilson is the first sailor in MARSOC’s history to be awarded the Navy Cross, according to DVIDS;
Wilson, who was born in Beloit, Kansas, was awarded the Navy Cross for his extraordinary actions on Sept. 28, 2011, while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. While on a patrol in Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device detonated, injuring Wilson and his teammates. Without hesitation or concern for his own injuries, Wilson moved his fallen teammates out of the kill zone before letting anyone attend to his wounds.
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“These men I served with were the embodiment of honor, courage and commitment,” Wilson said. “Some people tell me that I’m lucky to be alive, but I think I was really lucky to have served with these great men.”
Staff Sgts. Christopher Diaz and Nicholas Sprovtsoff were posthumously awarded Bronze Stars that they earned during the same incident.
Thanks to Terry for the link.
Category: Marine Corps, Navy
Seriously A.J. Squaredaway in every respect.
Congrats to Chief Wilson.
And RIP, SGTS Diaz and Sprovtsoff.
Now THERE goes a true and heroic Chief Petty Officer.
/Turns my head left and glares to the PNW
CHIP
What are the chances the phony honorary CPO will Photoshop his dickhead onto the photo of CPO Wilson?
Corpsmen will always have a special place in my or any Marine’s heart. Congratulations, Chief!
Congrats to him. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m sure he deserves it, but there has to be more to that story. Just moving wounded to a CCP doesn’t sound like Navy Cross worthy to me.
This seems to detail it a little more thoroughly:
” This is a man who literally ran through an environment that was so littered with IEDs that it took a deliberate task force to get rid of them afterwards,” said Osterman. “He ran through all of the IEDs with no regard to his own safety, so he could find and save his team members who were in trouble.”
While he was moving casualties from the initial blast site, a second device exploded, severely injuring Wilson, who ignored his wounds and continued rescuing other injured comrades.
His balls are so big that they sit in the passenger seat beside him while he’s driving.
That is legit.. knew there had to be more to it
If I see a PHOTOSHOP of this I’m seriously going to CUT a Bitch.
/well not really but jes sayin’ is all.
BZ Chief.
The NC Cadre is an assemblage of hard-core Sailor and Marine war fighters who share the same core values:
1. Honor
2. Courage
3. Commitment
Very proud of this young man!
BZ Chief!
Proud to call you a shipmate.
Thank God for men such as these… Well done Doc.
OUT Fuck*** STANDING CHIEF!
At your leisure report to my hooch for a free one..or two 🙂
Going through the gates of hell to get to a wounded comrade. Bravo Zulu, Chief!
Well done, CPO Wilson. You are an example for all, and this old soldier salutes you.
Bad ass. Outstanding Chief! People like you restore my faith in our military.
Willy is an awesome guy and too humble. He was seriously jacked up from that day.
http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/25/navy-cross-marsoc-justin-wilson-corpsman/
Yep. THAT’s how it done.
Carry on.
Look at that stack!
Get some, devil doc.
Wow. If the Navy worked the right way, from here on out he’d be permanently in Conus, moving from one training assignment to the next as a living example of what you’re supposed to strive for, a take on the idea of ” Once you get through this training you never have to prove anything to anybody, but you have to prove it to me first”
Well Done Chief Petty Officer Justin A. Wilson! An honor to read about your well deserved recognition. Slow hand salute to you Sir.