Chuck Simmins | March 25, 2009 |
As a general rule, the Silver Star is faster and requires less paperwork to award. The Medal of Honor is often an upgraded award from the Silver Star. Keeping that in mind, here are a few Marine Corps Silver Star winners who might be the “Marine to be named later”.
Chuck Simmins | March 19, 2009 |
The attendant announced that he wasn’t going to award drink coupons for that answer, telling the passengers that “naming an Idol winner was not worth a free drink,” Shelton recalled.
“He concluded his announcement with the question: ‘What’s wrong with our country when out of 150 passengers, only one can name a Medal of Honor recipient, but 43 can name an American Idol winner?’”
Chuck Simmins | November 3, 2008 |
A photo illustration of the Zumwalt-class destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001)
Chuck Simmins | May 23, 2008 |
On June 2, 2008 the President of the United States will present the Medal of Honor to the family of Ross McGinnis. He will speak about courage and sacrifice. His fellow heroes in Valhalla and Fiddler’s Green know all about that.
It may be the the President of the United States will also talk about redemption. Ross McGinnis was once a troubled youth on a clear path to nowhere. Then, he chose to become a soldier in the United States Army. He chose to become a warrior.
This young man, this ordinary young man, found a place that gave him a path, people who became comrades and friends, and he found a time that for all eternity became his time.
God bless you, Ross McGinnis.
Chuck Simmins | May 23, 2008 |
President Bush has announced that Spc. Ross McGinnis will posthumously be awarded the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony June 2, two weeks shy of what would have been his 21st birthday.
Chuck Simmins | May 2, 2008 |
Spc. Ross McGinnis, who was killed Dec. 4, 2006, in Iraq when he smothered a grenade with his body, will receive the Medal of Honor, sources told Army Times.
Chuck Simmins | April 27, 2008 |
Photo: Master at Arms 2 (Sea, Air, Land) Michael A. Monsoor, Medal of Honor winner
Chuck Simmins | April 26, 2008 |
Photo: Illustration honoring SEAL Mike Murphy, Medal of Honor Winner
Chuck Simmins | April 14, 2008 |
Michael Fumento was a blogger turned reporter in Iraq in 2006. He spent time with a Navy SEAL unit, the one that Michael Monsoor served in.
Chuck Simmins | April 8, 2008 |
The Medal of Honor is America’s highest decoration for military valor. Over the years, many who have received the medal have given their lives in the action that earned it. The name of Petty Officer Michael Anthony Monsoor will now be among them.
In September 2006, Michael laid down his life for his brothers in arms. Today, we remember the life of this faithful Navy SEAL. And on behalf of a grateful nation, we will present Michael Monsoor’s family with the Medal of Honor that he earned.
Chuck Simmins | April 8, 2008 |
Here are the first media reactions to today’s award of the Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor.
Chuck Simmins | April 8, 2008 |
Photo: Sara Monsoor speaks to the media about her brother, Master-At-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor, who will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor during a White House ceremony April 8.
Chuck Simmins | April 1, 2008 |
Click here to see the stories of the first three winners of the Medal of Honor in the War on Terror.Bio:
Petty Officer Second Class Michael Anthony Monsoor was born April 5, 1981 in Long Beach, Calif. Michael grew up in Garden Grove, Calif., as the third of four children of George and Sally Monsoor. [...]
