Marine Corps Corporal Miles Hogan saving the world
AW1Ed sends us a link to the story of Marine Corps Corporal Miles Hogan who was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his actions on a night when he was returning to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island where he works in Headquarters and Service Battalion, Parris Island Marine Band in February, 2016;
“It was pitch-black outside when I noticed that a minivan had made a slow right turn in front of the man driving in front of us,” said Hogan.
The van was about 10 yards ahead from the speeding small sedan behind it. The sedan did not have enough time to slow down before impacting the turning van.
“He rammed into the back of the minivan,” said Hogan. “The minivan goes off on the side of the road and flips over into a ditch. The man’s sedan swerved into oncoming traffic.”
Hogan made the quick decision to park his car on the shoulder and rush to the man’s aid.
“I opened the door and the man takes his seat belt off, and I grabbed under his arms to help him stand up, as soon as I pull him to me I took one step back and another car had hit us head on.”
The second car was a pickup truck which smashed into the car while Hogan and the driver we still behind the sedan’s door.
The impact of the collision launched both men approximately 20 feet into the air. Discarding his personal safety, Hogan got up and returned to the sedan driver who was still in immediate danger by lying on the active road.
“I stood up and looked at my arms and legs to make sure I didn’t have any broken bones,” said Hogan. “I ran over to the man and picked him up from under his arms and took him to the side of the road. His eyes were pretty dilated and he was having trouble looking left to right.”
Hogan gave the man a concussion test, and attended the man until paramedics arrived on the scene.
Following the incident Hogan was hospitalized for a bruised kidney and minor lacerations on his body from the broken glass.
Category: Marine Corps
BZ, Corporal!
Well done, Cpl Hogan. Damn well done.
Kudos.
Just another normal American – proud of you, Cpl Hogan.
[and can we start a list of people like him and title it “Hogan’s Heroes”?
Well done, Corporal Hogan. Very well done indeed.
And contrary to what a few of the childishly unprofessional, uninformed, hyper-parochial commenters repeatedly try to profess here on these pages, Corporal Hogan’s actions demonstrate yet again that any servicemember, regardless of service or MOS, is capable of decisive action and impressive courage at any time and in any place, even if they’re ‘only’ in the Marine Band at Parris Island.
Semper Fi, Corporal Hogan.
Ballsy move, Corporal. Well done!
Well done Corporal. Damned well done!
Bravo Zulu, Corporal!!
Outstanding effort.
It’s not just the rendering of aid that impresses me, it is the getting up after being hit by a car and rendering aid that is impressive.You know that his bell had to be ringing after the impact first with the car and then with the ground. To keep his mind on the immediate mission of protecting the injured driver in the face of his own near death speaks volumes as to his character.
The few, the proud, the DAMNED brave…
Good on ya Cpl.
Well done Cpl. Hogan…..semper fi
Well Done
Watching some of the commentary on anything to do with the military and the utter nonsense people seem to believe (we are all unthinking authoritarian automatons etc.) you feel like this sort of story should be tattooed on the complainers’ foreheads so they could read it every time they looked at their ugly mugs in a mirror. Damn fine job.