Photo: Master at Arms 2 (Sea, Air, Land) Michael A. Monsoor, Medal of Honor winner

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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.

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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.

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Here are the first media reactions to today’s award of the Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor.

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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.

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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. [...]

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Summary of Action:
Petty Officer Michael A. Monsoor, United States Navy, distinguished himself through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a Combat Advisor and Automatic Weapons Gunner for Naval Special Warfare Task Group Arabian Peninsula in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on 29 September [...]

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Click here for an e-book with the stories of the first three winners of the Medal of Honor for the War on Terror.
White House
Next week there will be a Medal of Honor ceremony, posthumous ceremony — posthumous award, excuse me, for Petty Officer Michael Monsoor. The ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, April 8th. Petty Officer [...]

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Wouldn’t it be nice if DoD got its collective shit together and made some sort of announcement? While most of the planet is oblivious to this story, those of us who follow our heroes are a little peeved at the way this is being handled.

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A California-based SEAL who threw his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor, a Defense Department official has confirmed.
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor, of Garden Grove, Calif., was holed up on the roof of a Ramadi house with three other SEALs on Sept. [...]

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