Semper Fi Marine!
Semper Fi Marine!
PRESENT ARMS
Thank you for your service and sacrifice Sergeant! Your actions bring honor and credit to yourself and the Marines.
I am extremely proud of all of our brave young men and women in the military, but somehow, having obummer award this to a fine, heroic young man just seems to cheapen it somehow.
Mr. President: You'll do just about anything to divert attention, won't you?
I think it's a Freudian slip by the AP to show Obama shielded behind the Marine.
The caption at Yahoo Reads:
“President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyers, 23, from Greensburg, Ky., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Meyers was in Afghanistan’s Kunar province in Sept. 2009 when he repeatedly ran through enemy fire to recover the bodies of fellow American troops. He is the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)”
My understanding is that there are NO FORMER Marines. (with a very, very few dishonorable exceptions)
Did any body else all of the living MoH recipients in the front rows, or how about when the president asked for those who were rescued by [then Cpl, now former Sgt of MARINES] to stand.
I for one am not worthy to stand in the shadows of the living MoH recipients!
The war in Iraq began in 1991, resumed in 2003, and then turned into a counterinsurgency war. The war in Afghanistan began in 2001 and continues. However, only since Obama to office in 2009 have living recipients received the Medal of Honor. Does anyone else wonder why?
Michelle.
“All that ceremony for killing 36 guys.”
“Heck I’ve got friends in the hood killed more than that.”