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Title: Semper Fi: Marine Who Saved 36 in Afghanistan Receives Medal of Honor
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URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201 ... to-marine-who-saved-36-forces/
Published: Sep 15, 2011
Author: Ap
Post Date: 2011-09-16 15:30:19 by Mad Dog
Keywords: words are such, small, things
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President Obama on Thursday bestowed the nation's highest military honor on Dakota Meyer, a young and humble Marine who defied orders and barreled straight into a ferocious "killing zone" in Afghanistan to save 36 lives at extraordinary risk to himself. "You did your duty, above and beyond," Obama told Meyer after reciting his dramatic story. Though the corporal and a fellow Marine were going against orders -- commanders considered their effort too dangerous -- they were doing what they thought was right, Obama said. The president placed the Medal of Honor ribbon around Meyer's neck, patted his back and shook his hand as the audience in the White House East Room applauded. At age 21, Meyer charged through heavy insurgent gunfire on five death-defying trips in an armored Humvee to save 13 Marines and Army soldiers and an additional 23 Afghan troops pinned down by withering enemy fire. Meyer killed at least eight insurgents despite suffering a shrapnel wound in his arm as he manned the gun turret of the Humvee and provided covering fire for the soldiers, according to the military. He had been supporting a patrol on Sept. 8, 2009, into a village in the Ganjgal Valley on the day of the ambush. Meyer and the other Americans had gone to the area to train Afghan military members when, suddenly, the village lights went out and gunfire erupted. About 50 Taliban insurgents on mountainsides and in the village ambushed the patrol. As the forward team called for air support that wasn't coming, Meyer, a corporal at the time, begged his command to let him head into the incoming fire to help. Four times he was denied his request before Meyer and another Marine, Staff Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chavez, jumped into the Humvee and headed into the fray. For his valor, Rodriguez-Chavez, a 34-year-old who hailed originally from Acuna, Mexico, would be awarded the Navy Cross. "They told him he couldn't go in," said Dwight Meyer, Dakota Meyer's 81-year-old grandfather, a former Marine who served in the 1950s. "He told them, `The hell I'm not,' and he went in. It's a one-in-a-million thing" that he survived. Meyer and Rodriguez-Chavez began evacuating wounded Marines and American and Afghan soldiers to a safe point. Meyer made five trips into the kill zone, each time searching for the forward patrol with his Marine friends -- including 1st Lt. Michael Johnson -- whom Meyer had heard yelling on the radio for air support. With Meyer and Rodriguez-Chavez ready to test fate a fifth time, a UH-60 helicopter arrived at last to provide overhead support. Troops aboard the chopper told Meyer they had spotted what appeared to be four bodies. Meyer knew those were his friends and he had to bring them out. "Dakota, I know you've grappled with the grief of that day, that you said your efforts were somehow a failure because your teammates didn't come home," the president said. "But as your commander in chief and on behalf of everyone here today and all Americans, I want you to know it's quite the opposite." Meyer chatted informally Wednesday evening, on a patio outside the Oval Office, over a beer. In the ceremony, Obama praised Meyer's humility and work ethic, noting that he would not even take a call from the president during his shift at a construction job because he was working. He's now out of the Marines. So they two arranged to talk over his lunch hour. Obama jokingly kidded him with thanks for taking the call. The deaths of Meyer's comrades prompted an investigation into events that day, and two Army officers were later reprimanded for being "inadequate and ineffective" and for "contributing directly to the loss of life." Along with Meyer's friends, a fifth American -- Army Sgt. Kenneth W. Westbrook, 41, of Shiprock, N.M. -- was fatally wounded in the ambush. Meyer had said he would be humbled by the memory of his fallen comrades as he received the award Thursday. There were to be separate memorial events, including one at a Columbus, Ga., cemetery for gunnery sergeant Johnson, a father of three who served nearly 13 years in the Marine Corps. Will Duke, one of the organizers of the tribute, said the memorials spoke volumes about Meyer. "I can tell by his actions, not only the actions he took in earning the Medal of Honor in Afghanistan but also the actions he is taking now. Essentially by requesting these memorial services for his fallen comrades, he's saying this is about them," Duke said.
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#1. To: All (#0)
A HERO, and less than a ZERO.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
I have a personal saying. 'All my Hero's are dead.' I can't say that any longer after reading this man's story. And I'll note the President did a great job yesterday in his remarks leading up to awarding Dakota his CMH.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
If I were him, I would have requested someone of "MY" choosing to present the award to me....
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
. The contrast between those two souls is obvious, even with just glimpse. I'd much prefer to concentrate on the HERO.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
. I hear you. BUT this man is an actual Marine and I'd bet the farm that he wouldn't dishonor the Corps and his fallen brothers with that sort of thing at a time such as this. No I don't read minds, I just KNOW the "Devil Dogs" from lifelong experience.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
The reason I said that is because you and me both know Obozo could care less about the military and it's traditions. (Hell he won't even hold his hand over his heart when the anthem is played). To me it would be degrading the Corps to have someone like that (a zero) presenting a hero with the CMH.... I would have rather seen someone like the Commandant present him with the Medal, cause he knows what the guy did, he is the epitomy of military tradition and can appreciate his sacrifice.....
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
You aren't him, And when I read crap like this, I'm thankful...he has a sense of honor... Learn from that...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
. What I "feel" is so beyond your words that I cannot say. We ALL know what you have said is true. BUT that takes NOTHING from the MAN who did earn it. In fact imo he showed what a MAN he really IS again by putting up with 0. I mean no disrespect to him or any of them except for that foul, racist, hate America FIRST! FRAUD who is currently squatting in the Oval office.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
And when I read crap like this, I'm thankful...he has a sense of honor... Learn from that... I guess you respect people that don't respect you???? Is that why you vote for them??? The Marine has all the honor in the world, return the favor and show him some too!!! Let someone present it who has some honor and integrity, not some fool!! Obozo is more interested in playing golf than honoring our military traditions!!!!
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
If you knew anything about the military...obviously you don't...at a minimum, you respect the rank... That said, Obama is head and shoulders a far more respectful to the troops CIC than Dumb Dumb ever was.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
That said, Obama is head and shoulders a far more respectful to the troops CIC than Dumb Dumb ever was. Looks like you don't pay a lot of attention to what people post on here, do you! Respecting the rank is mandatory, respecting the person is not.... Not all CMHs have been presented by seated US Presidents, so that means someone else could have presented the award!!!! If the Marine was agreeable to having that award presented to him by that zero then it was his decision and I respect that...... But that doesn't mean I can't have a different opinion..... So if you don't like that then too bad...... You don't seem to respect our politicians for whatever reasons, so why should I???
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Those that never served never quite understand this.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
The Medal is presented by the Commander in Chief. You don't seem to respect our politicians for whatever reasons, so why should I??? Again underscoring what you don't understand, The CIC presented the Medal.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
Fuck off, Boof...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
Those that never served never quite understand this. No they don't.... And I doubt it will change anytime soon either, by some of the responses I'm seeing on this thread.....
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Not always.....
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Since there are only 2 and a Boof on this thread, you can a) direct that at me and b) go fuck yourself too. I stand by my earlier statement. You have no sense of honor.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
Without even knowing this man, you want HIM to make YOUR political statement. Make your own goddam statement.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
Shouldn't that be goddamn? Just doing a drive-by to say hey. Beautiful day here.
I'm hedging...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
My, I didn't know you cared!!!! Maybe I should be nicer to you in the future...
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Make your own goddam statement. You forgot the "n" in goddamn..... I've already made my "Political" statement about the "Zero", it's about time more people started doing the same thing...... I've honored my country by serving it in the military just like millions of others..... It's about time the "Zero" learned just what that means.....
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
If you mean I don't honor "empty suits" like some sheeple do, then you're right!!!!
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
I'm happy you didn't call him a dishonorable asshole, otherwise I'd have to suspect that you are yukon Ver 4.3 or something like that. I'm watching the Louisville vs Kentucky football game - kind of.
Your service has ziopla to do with the bullshit that you are posting here. You want this soldier to make YOUR political statement for you. He's done enough for you already. Honor him...enough of this bullshit...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
Why would I have?
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
I was trying to be witty. I guess I flopped. Louisville won and I was too skeared to bet on them. That will teach me.
LOL!!!
The Medal of Honor is almost always presented by the President and Commander-in-Chief. A notable exception was the award to Capt. William McGonagle who was commanding officer of the USS Liberty. That particular MOH was presented by the Secretary of the Navy. See here for more about this by a Liberty crewman.
Chyea...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
Pitt blew a 24-3 lead - they played so horribly you'd think they were running Boofer's business...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
An excerpt from this article... www.mohm.o rg/recipient_pa...oh_recipient_history.html The first Medals of Honor were presented by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to six of the surviving members of Andrew's Raiders on March 25, 1863. While these were the first medals presented, the first heroic act for which the Medal of Honor was given occurred February 13, 1861. It was on that date, Army Assistant Surgeon Bernard J.D. Irwin rescued 60 soldiers of 2d Lt. George Bascom's unit at Apache Pass, AZ. The Medal of Honor was also presented to several individuals for heroic acts performed before the Medal of Honor was authorized by Congress in December 1861.
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
You want this soldier to make YOUR political statement for you. He's done enough for you already. Honor him...enough of this bullshit... And your nonservice has you talking about things you don't know about, you just think you do..... Here, I will put it in plain and simple terms for you........ "Demanding" respect for accomplishments/incompetance that do not "Command" respect is about as bullshit as it gets.... Especially when during the course of these accomplishments/incompetance all vestiges of honor, loyalty, courage, duty, country, unselfishness, integrity and repect get kicked to the curb!!!! Those items that I listed above about honor, duty, loyalty....etc....etc... (and many more) is what is expected from every last service member every single day (on and off duty) of his career...... Yet your boy who is supposed to be their CIC displays none of those traits!! Why is that???? (I'd give even money that he thinks those traits are B.S.)... So if you think he should be respected for acting like a putz then you might as well go elsewhere, cause you aren't going to get any here and you have some learning to do.... And oh by the way your Messiah gets blown off everyday, most of it doesn't make it to the front pages because the MSM doesn't want him looking bad..... but never the less it happens...... So I'm not the only one who feels this way..... in fact more and more people are seeing what I see... so get used to it..... I will honor/respect the CMH winner because his accomplishments "Command" honor/respect, and will withold those same things from the "ZERO"...... end of story.....
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Take your self serving rant and shove it up your ass. Obama has done more for the troops than your bitch Bush ever did.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
The troops don't like Obama. Look at the polls everyone knows that. Obama promised to bring the troops home. He lied and started another illegal war. If you were to meet Obama would you try to turn him on by wearing Spandex?
Why not post THEM. If you were to meet Obama would you try to turn him on by wearing Spandex? Please leave me out of your obsessively voyeuristic homo erotic fantasies...thanks...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
LOL!!! I saw that and UNDERSTOOD it also. LOL!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
. As I'm sure that you already know, talking about HONOR with the filth aka DwarF is like trying to discuss transcendental numbers with a pile of horse shit. Less than useless, and WAY more than just foul.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
{chuckle}
What!!! No fuck you!!!! I'm Hurt!!!! Sounds like it's that time of the month... Here this might help.... When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Not surprising your 'personal saying' is mindless pap.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestMeyer chatted informally Wednesday evening, on a patio outside the Oval Office, over a beer. In the ceremony, Obama praised Meyer's humility and work ethic, noting that he would not even take a call from the president during his shift at a construction job because he was working. He's now out of the Marines. So they two arranged to talk over his lunch hour. Obama jokingly kidded him with thanks for taking the call.
#2. To: Mad Dog (#0)
#3. To: Mad Dog (#0)
President Obama on Thursday bestowed the nation's highest military honor on Dakota Meyer,
#4. To: Badeye (#2)
#5. To: CZ82 (#3)
#6. To: Mad Dog (#5)
BUT this man is an actual Marine and I'd bet the farm that he wouldn't dishonor the Corps and his fallen brothers with that sort of thing at a time such as this.
#7. To: CZ82 (#3)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#8. To: CZ82 (#6)
#9. To: war (#7)
(Edited)
You aren't him,
#10. To: CZ82 (#9)
(Edited)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#11. To: war (#10)
If you knew anything about the military...obviously you don't...at a minimum, you respect the rank...
#12. To: CZ82 (#11)
Respecting the rank is mandatory, respecting the person is not....
#13. To: CZ82 (#11)
Respecting the rank is mandatory
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#14. To: Badeye (#12)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#15. To: Badeye (#12)
Respecting the rank is mandatory, respecting the person is not....
#16. To: war (#13)
The Medal is presented by the Commander in Chief.
#17. To: CZ82 (#15)
(Edited)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#18. To: CZ82 (#16)
Not always.....
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#19. To: war (#18)
#20. To: Fred Mertz (#19)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#21. To: war (#17)
b) go fuck yourself too.
#22. To: war (#18)
Without even knowing this man, you want HIM to make YOUR political statement.
#23. To: war (#17)
I stand by my earlier statement. You have no sense of honor.
#24. To: war (#17)
I stand by my earlier statement. You have no sense of honor.
#25. To: CZ82 (#22)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#26. To: Fred Mertz (#24)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#27. To: war (#26)
#28. To: Mad Dog (#0)
he would not even take a call from the president during his shift at a construction job because he was working.
#29. To: war, CZ82 (#13)
The Medal is presented by the Commander in Chief.
#30. To: nolu chan (#29)
A notable exception was the award to Capt. William McGonagle who was commanding officer of the USS Liberty. That particular MOH was presented by the Secretary of the Navy. See here for more about this by a Liberty crewman.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#31. To: Fred Mertz (#27)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#32. To: nolu chan (#29)
The Medal of Honor is almost always presented by the President and Commander-in-Chief. A notable exception was the award to Capt. William McGonagle who was commanding officer of the USS Liberty. That particular MOH was presented by the Secretary of the Navy. See here for more about this by a Liberty crewman.
#33. To: war (#25)
Your service has ziopla to do with the bullshit that you are posting here.
#34. To: CZ82 (#33)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#35. To: war (#34)
#36. To: A K A Stone (#35)
The troops don't like Obama. Look at the polls everyone knows that.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#37. To: We The People (#28)
he would not even take a call from the president during his shift at a construction job because he was working.
#38. To: CZ82 (#33)
#39. To: war (#36)
#40. To: war (#34)
Take your self serving rant and shove it up your ass.
#41. To: Badeye (#2)
I have a personal saying. 'All my Hero's are dead.'
Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?
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