{"id":59363,"date":"2015-04-20T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59363"},"modified":"2015-04-19T19:25:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T23:25:03","slug":"sergeant-gregory-la-fleur-staff-sergeant-kenneth-kam-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59363","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant Gregory La Fleur &#038; Staff Sergeant Kenneth Kam saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Army sergeants were awarded the Soldiers Medal for their &#8220;heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy&#8221;. The first is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/146486\/7th_Group_Soldier_Recognized_for_Heroism\/\">Sergeant Gregory La Fleur <\/a>of the 7th Special Forces Group who earned the medal for subduing a gunman on Eglin Air Force Base, despite the gunman&#8217;s repeated attempts to ventilate the good sergeant. <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=59364\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59364\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Gregory-La-Fleur-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Gregory La Fleur\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Gregory-La-Fleur.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Gregory-La-Fleur.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Gregory-La-Fleur.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/146560\/Heroic_action_earns_Soldier_s_Medal\/\">Staff Sergeant Kenneth Kam<\/a> of the Combat Training Company, 43rd Adjutant General Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri was supervising a soldier on his grenade range firing line when the young soldier failed to get her grenade over the blast wall. Thinking quickly, SSG Kam extricated himself and the young soldier from the pit when the grenade rolled back to them in the three seconds it takes for a grenade to explode after the pin pulled. Neither of them were injured.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=59365\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59365\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kenneth-Kam-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Kenneth Kam\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kenneth-Kam.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kenneth-Kam.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kenneth-Kam.jpg?resize=334%2C333&amp;ssl=1 334w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kenneth-Kam.jpg?w=436&amp;ssl=1 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Chief Tango for the links<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Army sergeants were awarded the Soldiers Medal for their &#8220;heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy&#8221;. The first is Sergeant Gregory La Fleur of the 7th Special Forces Group who earned the medal for subduing a gunman on Eglin Air Force Base, despite the gunman&#8217;s repeated attempts to ventilate the good sergeant. 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