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Senior Chief Britt Slabinski – Navy Cross
Citation: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Britt Slabinski, Senior Chief Information Systems Technician (SEAL), U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism as Sniper Element Leader in Sea-Air-Land Team EIGHT (SEAL-8), for a joint … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Heroes, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Gunnery Sgt. John Mosser – Navy Cross
Gunnery Sgt. John S. Mosser, a native of Dripping Springs, TX, was awarded the Navy Cross, the nation’s second-highest award given for valor in combat, in a ceremony here Dec. 18. Maj. Danny Strelkauskas presented the award to Mosser on behalf of the President of the United States. According the citation, Mosser, currently assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, received the award for “extraordinary heroism while serving as Team Sergeant … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Heroes, Marines, Military, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Lance Cpl. Brady Gustafson Awarded Navy Cross
Lance Cpl. Brady Gustafson’s parents describe him as “reserved, loyal, stubborn and determined.†This was proven in action July 21, 2008. His loyalty to his fellow Marines, his stubborn nature when he refused medical treatment and his determination under enemy fire as a machine gunner with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment earned him the Navy Cross, and a place among the ranks of such Marine Corps legends as Lewis ‘Chesty’ Puller, Daniel ‘Dan’ Daly and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Heroes, Marines, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Navy Crosses Presented to Families
For additional information about the actions of these extraordinary Marines: Marines Stop Enemy Attack – Heroic Last Stand Marines Duty Valor Photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin O’Brien … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Marines, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Marines Duty Valor
Navy Cross – posthumous (2) Those three words belong together. In the two hundred plus years that the United States Marines have served their country, the young men who served have lived up to every challenge and met every foe. Jordan Haerter and Jon Yale went out for guard duty in the morning of April 22, 2008. Before nightfall, their actions would become the stuff of Marine legend. A hundred years from now, drill sergeants will use … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Marines, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Luis Fonseca – Hero’s Story Continues
Previous story As the Marines in 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion advanced to secure the northern bridge in Nasiriyah, Iraq, on March 23, 2003, it seemed to then-Seaman Apprentice Luis Fonseca, a Navy hospital corpsman, that all hell had broken loose. “As we came up and over the bridge, we ran right into an ambush,†he said from his current assignment aboard the USS Bataan. “They threw all they had at us — … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Lance Corp. Christopher S. Adlesperger
Navy Cross October 5, 2006 Post Eyewitness to War – Army Oral History [pdf] MM: It seems to me that this was the fight that took place in Iraq. Historically, I can’t find anything that compares. You can go back as far as you want in history and look in vain for a situation where a city’s been almost depleted of the civilian population and you know the whole city is fi lled only with bad guys. I really can’t fi nd anything like that. It’s unparalleled in history. MS: I think you’re right. I can’t find any place in history either where we ever had a clean battlefi eld like this to fi ght the enemy. It was like a ghost town, and I’m sure that some of the guys talked to you about that. The citizens knew what … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Marines, Military, WOT Heroes
Lance Cpl. Todd Corbin
Navy Cross United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Todd Corbin and the rest of his battalion commander’s personal security detachment had just finished several days of routine patrol and had returned to Hadithah Dam when they got the call. A platoon from the battalion was taking fire on the east side of the Euphrates River, and they needed Marines to block the insurgents’ retreat. Corbin hopped into his 7-ton truck, while other members of the detachment — which was now a quick-reaction force — piled into three Humvees and two tanks and barreled east toward the action. By the end of May 7, 2005, four Marines would lose their lives, but Corbin’s role in saving more than half of the QRF would earn him the Navy Cross more than a year later. A Marine … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Marines, Military, WOT Heroes
Gunner’s Mate Second Class Danny P. Dietz
Navy Cross Citation For extraordinary heroism in actions against the enemy while serving in a four-man Special Reconnaissance element with SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE, Naval Special Warfare Task unit, Afghanistan from 27 to 28 June 2005. Petty Officer Dietz demonstrated extraordinary heroism in the face of grave danger in the vicinity of Asadabad, Konar Province, Afghanistan. Operating in the middle of an enemy-controlled area, in extremely rugged terrain, his Special Reconnaissance element was tasked with locating a high-level Anti-Coalition Militia leader, in support of a follow-on direct action mission to disrupt enemy activity. On 28 June 2005, the element was spotted by Anti-Coalition Militia sympathizers, who immediately revealed their position to the militia fighters. As a result, the element directly encountered the enemy. Demonstrating exceptional resolve and fully understanding the gravity … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Heroes, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
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