{"id":179799,"date":"2026-02-25T09:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=179799"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:44:45","slug":"medal-of-honor-awarded-at-the-sotu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=179799","title":{"rendered":"Medal of Honor awarded at the SOTU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chief Warrant Officer Five Eric Slover<\/p><\/div>\n

Last night, if you didn’t watch the President’s State of the Union Address you missed the presentation of a Medal of Honor. I didn’t watch the SOTU. I didn’t want to watch the Democrat pout-fest. It seems Congressman Green (D-Retard) was escorted out again for being indecorous. As part of the political theater that is the SOTU, US Army CW5 Eric Slover had the Medal of Honor pinned around his neck.<\/p>\n

There’s little available so far on Chief Slover, so the whole story will have to be written for a future Valor Friday piece. Slover’s medal was awarded for actions in the mission that captured Maduro in Venezuela last month.<\/p>\n

According to POTUS, Slover was the lead pilot of a flight of CH-47 Chinook helicopters. Going by his current unit patch on the left sleeve Slover is with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). The 160th SOAR is filled with the most badass gutsy pilots to ever handle a cyclic and collective.<\/p>\n

As they were coming over their objective, the aircraft started to take fire. The fire was apparently very accurate as Slover was hit repeatedly by enemy rounds, shattering his legs. Despite this, he carried on. The mission was ultimately very successful. No American lives were lost, the de facto, illegitimate dictator Maduro and his wife were taken into custody alive, and are now facing trial in the US for their crimes. Slover is still recovering from his wounds, and only stood with the assistance of a walker.<\/p>\n

As I said earlier, there’s not much about Slover that’s public at the moment. From his uniform<\/a> you can see he’s already well decorated. He’s got 10 overseas service bars, so he’s spent\u00a0a lot<\/em> of time abroad. He’s got the red arrowhead patch of the Army Special Operations Command on his right sleeve, indicating combat service with that organization.<\/p>\n

He’s a master aviator with jump wings and the air assault Bullwinkle. The Medal of Honor is being added to a Distinguished Service Cross, multiple Distinguished Flying Crosses, multiple Bronze Star Medals, the Purple Heart, and a host of Air Medals. He’s got a bunch more individual medals and the typical service and campaign medals of a longtime veteran of the War on Terror.<\/p>\n

The award of Slover’s MoH is unusual for two reasons. Firstly, they are not typically awarded at the State of the Union. They’re usually done in a White House ceremony the last few decades. Awarding it at the SOTU is typical Trump flourish in that it’s both a spectacle for his own speech (and the success of the operation he ordered) and it also gives Slover a much wider audience to see his accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Secondly, the MoH being awarded a month after the action for which it’s earned hasn’t happened (in my extensive research) since World War II. Even then, the extremely rapid award of the medal was only done to make sure it was given to men before they died, such as was the case with Red Erwin<\/a> (who did ultimately recover from his grievous wounds). The typical timeline to receive a Medal of Honor since at least the Vietnam War has been a period of years. Even jumping on a grenade usually takes two or more years to be properly recognized.<\/p>\n

Both of these reasons will surely be used, since people hate Trump with the burning fury of a thousand suns, to cast doubt on Slover’s medal being rightly earned. I’m sure when the full story is told (with the multiple requisite witness statements) that it will be shown that Slover is an undoubtedly brave officer. This is evidenced by his existing numerous decorations for valor.<\/p>\n

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