Posted on 07/28/2006 10:46:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Marine Sgt. Robert J. Mitchell Jr., right, listens in to Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler after receiving the Navy Cross in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Friday, July 28, 2006. Mitchell received the medal for his actions in Fallujah, Iraq while serving as a squadron leader for Company K of the 3rd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment. (AP Photo/Chris Park)
God Bless Him!
Hooorah!
Martha Raiser, right, laughs after her son Sgt. Robert J. Mitchell Jr., left, received the Navy Cross at Marine Corps. Base Camp Pendleton Friday, July 28, 2006, in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Mitchell received the medal for his actions in Fallujah, Iraq while serving as a squadron leader for Company K of the 3rd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment. (AP Photo/Chris Park)
Pictured is the Navy Cross which was awarded to Sgt. Robert J. Mitchell Jr. at Marine Corps. Base Camp Pendleton Friday, July 28, 2006 in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Mitchell received the medal for his actions in Fallujah, Iraq while serving as a squadron leader for Company K of the 3rd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment. (AP Photo/Chris Park)
Marine Sgt. Robert J. Mitchell Jr., right, holds his son Robert Mitchell III after receiving the Navy Cross at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Friday, July 28, 2006. Mitchell received the medal for his actions in Fallujah, Iraq, while serving as a squadron leader for Company K of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. (AP Photo/Chris Park)
Sgt. Robert J. Mitchell Jr., right, shares a laugh with Alex Nicoll after receiving the Navy Cross at Marine Corps. Base Camp Pendleton Friday, July 28, 2006 in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Mitchell received the medal for his actions in Fallujah, Iraq while serving as a squadron leader for Company K of the 3rd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment. Mitchell helped to secure the lives of a number of soldiers including Nicoll who lost his leg during the offensive. (AP Photo/Chris Park)
Sgt. Mitchell IS A MARINE, HE WILL ALWAYS BE A MARINE.
Someone needs to tell the headline writer that the only "EX-Marines" are Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Murtha and others who disgraced the Corps.
Duly noted. Thanks.
looks like a handsome tom cruise.
ping
Why the nearly two year wait?
Ping
That's what I want to know. Maybe they had to "investigate" the "incident" first!
Well done, Sgt. Mitchell! An appreciative America thanks you!
looks like a handsome tom cruise.
Tom Cruise has nothing on this hot Marine....
We need to add John Glenn to the EX-Marine list...after stonewalling the Thompson sub-committee hearings in the 90's just to get a ride on the Space Shuttle...
Yet another American hero recognized for gallant acts. Yet another example of what Semper Fi stands for.
That's one tough Marine!!
Pray for W and Our Marines
"The title of this article sucks.
Sgt. Mitchell IS A MARINE, HE WILL ALWAYS BE A MARINE."
Thank you.
"Once a Marine, always a Marine."
Semper Fi,
Kelly
After reading a few other stories, I learned that Alex Nicoll, with the bike gear on, is the Marine with the badly wounded leg, which was later amputated.
Gung Ho!
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