[Kartographer]

Well done! Cpl. Dakota Meyer and

Thank You for your service.

[cll]

“Former” Marine? Once a Marine always a Marine.

[2banana]

But Corps officials said Meyer’s heroics went even further. He was wounded by shrapnel early in the battle, but when his unit lost contact with three Marines and a Navy corpsman pinned down by enemy fire, Meyer fought his way down a mountainside alone to their position.

When he found them all dead and in danger of being claimed as trophies by enemy fighters, he evacuated their bodies with the help of Afghan troops.

Just a few days after the attack, an angry Meyer told a reporter from McClatchy News Service that the off-site commanders’ decisions not to order artillery support “basically screwed our guys over. They expect us to bring stuff to the fight, and [the commanders] didn’t give it to us.”

WTF???

[albie]

I wish these numbskulls would get this right. Marine! Not “former”, not “ex”.

I’m a real estate agent and I just got a listing of a Marine Captain who’s retiring. I was talking with his wife and said “Marine” when referring to him. He walks in from the kitchen and says “you’re hired”. He said the other agent referred to him as “ex” and it “soured” him.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Just a few days after the attack, an angry Meyer told a reporter from McClatchy News Service that the off-site commanders’ decisions not to order artillery support “basically screwed our guys over."

Sounds like a major f-up. They had supporting arms available, requested them and did not get them. As for the "Marine" thing. When you graduate boot camp, you are a Marine for life, until you go to your grave. However, you are not always in the Marine Corps. A Marine is a Marine, period. You earned that title at Parris Island or San Diego or Quantico (in the officer's case).

[jacksonstate]

This young brave man is from my community and we are VERY proud of him!

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[dervish]

Thank you for your heroic service Cpl. Meyer.

It is because of our screwed up ROE that I think we should be out of Afghanistan and Iraq ASAP. If we can’t fight to win there is no point to risking our blood and treasure.

[Daffynition]