Posted on 11/29/2011 5:00:34 PM PST by presidio9
In September, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's most prestigious military award, to Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the marine who saved 36 of his comrades during an ambush in Afghanistan.
Obama called Meyer one of the most "down-to-earth guys that you will ever meet."
But today Meyer, 23, is having trouble getting a job because of allegations by defense contractor BAE Systems that he has a drinking problem and is mentally unstable. Meyer filed legal papers Monday claiming the allegations were in retaliation for objections he raised about BAE's alleged decision to sell high-tech sniper scopes to the Pakistani military.
After leaving active duty in May 2010, Meyer worked at Ausgar Technologies, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business in California, until April 2011.
"He exhibited a maturity for his age and an insightful capability to get the job done and provide recommendations to improve on what we are doing. I was very impressed while he was working for us. He was an outstanding employee," Tom Grant, a retired military naval officer and a senior program manager at Ausgar Technologies, told ABC News.
When asked about the allegations of mental instability and a drinking problem, Grant said, "While Meyer was working for me, I never saw evidence of either of those issues."
In March 2011, Meyer began working at BAE Systems, a British military contracting company, where he learned the company was trying to sell advanced thermal optic scopes to the Pakistani military.
"We are taking the best gear, the best technology on the market to date and giving it to guys known to stab us in the back," Meyer wrote to BAE Systems manager Bobby McCreight,
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Danged if I’d let a known pervert stand behind me with his hands on my shoulders!
A good reason why a MOH does not salute the CIC.
This is the same MO done to Walpin.
A lady in our church who is from Kentucky near where SGT Meyer calls home says he is a fine young man from a fine family.
His protest about night vision sales is right on the money. At this point in time, the US has a huge lead in night vision and it has been said by our special operators that “we own the night”.
It would be criminal to give that capability to the enemy, and Pakistan is the enemy.
Wrong.
So anybody that disagrees with a MOH recipient should be executed?
You are an absolute fool.
Did your dog die this morning or something?
You got that right!
ping
Why doesn’t he write a book? It would be very interesting to read about his life and moments up to getting the Medal of Honor. Right now he is only getting 2,000 dollars a month for the Medal of Honor so he needs to have some cash. Hopefully someone will give him a job that has some principles.
At least I'm smart enough to know the difference between a challenge, and a disagreement.
Not just night vision, padre, but THERMAL. You see heat, not just enhanced light. No matter how well you blend in optically, your heat signature will give you away. That ghillie suit is just another do-rag at that point.
thermal is awesome...you are right.
wish I had one for deer hunting.
:>)
I guess you can get them here, but there are probably some restrictions. thermal (not the only response to the search)
LOL!
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