MOH

[a777pilot]

Just in case any of you were interested....

The President of the United States in the name of The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to
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CORPORAL DAKOTA L. MEYER
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

For service as set forth in the following
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For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the repeated risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a member of Marine Embedded Training Team 2-8, Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on 8 September 2009. When the forward element of his combat team began to be hit by intense fire from roughly 50 Taliban insurgents dug-in and concealed on the slopes above Ganjgal village, Corporal Meyer mounted a gun-truck, enlisted a fellow Marine to drive, and raced to attack the ambushers and aid the trapped Marines and Afghan soldiers. During a six hour fire fight, Corporal Meyer single-handedly turned the tide of the battle, saved 36 Marines and soldiers and recovered the bodies of his fallen brothers. Four separate times he fought the kilometer up into the heart of a deadly U-shaped ambush. During the fight he killed at least eight Taliban, personally evacuated 12 friendly wounded, and provided cover for another 24 Marines and soldiers to escape likely death at the hands of a numerically superior and determined foe. On his first foray his lone vehicle drew machine gun, mortar, rocket grenade and small arms fire while he rescued five wounded soldiers. His second attack disrupted the enemy's ambush and he evacuated four more wounded Marines. Switching to another gun-truck because his was too damaged they again sped in for a third time, and as turret gunner killed several Taliban attackers at point blank range and suppressed enemy fire so 24 Marines and soldiers could break-out. Despite being wounded, he made a fourth attack with three others to search for missing team members. Nearly surrounded and under heavy fire he dismounted the vehicle and searched house to house to recover the bodies of his fallen team members. By his extraordinary heroism, presence of mind amidst chaos and death, and unselfish devotion to his comrades in the face of great danger, Corporal Meyer reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
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[nonlnear]

My hat is off to the man for being exemplary, but it's a shame such valiant efforts are wasted on a shitty pointless war.

 

[Rainsford]

My hat is off to the man for being exemplary, but it's a shame such valiant efforts are wasted on a shitty pointless war.

Courage and heroism are never wasted. And the reason this Marine earned the medal of honor has nothing to do with the big picture for the war.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

He's still alive?

 

[a777pilot]

He's still alive?

Very much so.

 

[Brigandier]

The amazing thing about folks like this is that they usually view their actions as the only thing they could have done, and care more about those that they couldn't save than some medal.

Heroism like this makes me happy to be alive.

 

[nonlnear]

Courage and heroism are never wasted.

Yes they can be. That's not to say it's worthless for an individual to be the best they can be, but it is very much possible to completely squander the blood and sould of many valiant and heroic men for purposes that amount to no good at all.

And the reason this Marine earned the medal of honor has nothing to do with the big picture for the war.

I'm not sure exactly what you are saying here. If you mean that the specific reason he is getting the medal should be given respect apart from the bigger questions, I'll give you that. However it is still completely true that all the men who died in that incident and every other one in our shitty wars have died in vain. The very fact that there was an incident that gave a man the opportunity to display such amazing heroism is itself a tragedy. Those men died for nothing.

 

[a777pilot]

Those men died for nothing.

Then you know less than nothing.

 

[nonlnear]

Then you know less than nothing.

I'm not devaluing the significance of their deaths, or putting down their service. I'm saying the wars are a pointless waste. That's all.

 

[Darwin333]

My hat is off to the man for being exemplary, but it's a shame such valiant efforts are wasted on a shitty pointless war.

Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die


I don't have the words to honor a man such as him, a true hero he is.

 

[a777pilot]

I'm not devaluing the significance of their deaths, or putting down their service. I'm saying the wars are a pointless waste. That's all.

Thank you for that.

The war in Afghanistan is and has been a waste since the Bush failure to support the battle of Tora Bora.We should have been out of there years ago.

 

[Spikesoldier]

damn dude he got 8 killstreak

one more and he could have got the ac130

 

[Orignal Earl]

Another real American hero..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Rashad_Sultan_Khan

Bronze star and Purple Heart.

 

[JSt0rm]

Another real American hero..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Rashad_Sultan_Khan

Bronze star and Purple Heart.

No he is a muslim and this is a governmentworker666 thread.

 

[Perknose]

The amazing thing about folks like this is that they usually view their actions as the only thing they could have done, and care more about those that they couldn't save than some medal.

Heroism like this makes me happy to be alive.

This. All of this. Exactly this. :thumbsup:

 

[zinfamous]

Very much so.

wow.

I imagine he was also given one of these to wear?

 

[MotF Bane]

And his driver...?

 

[First]

Courage and heroism are never wasted. And the reason this Marine earned the medal of honor has nothing to do with the big picture for the war.

Yup, this.

 

[ProfJohn]

Doesn't look like a bad ass...

 

[ProfJohn]

Another real American hero..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Rashad_Sultan_Khan

Bronze star and Purple Heart.

Start a thread about him if you want.

This guy is the first living Marine in 41 years to get the MOH.

And only the 5th in the entire Afghan war.

I'd say he is worthy of his own thread.

 

[dainthomas]

And his driver...?

Sounds like he got a Navy Cross, which is nothing to sneeze at.

 

[Orignal Earl]

Start a thread about him if you want.

This guy is the first living Marine in 41 years to get the MOH.

And only the 5th in the entire Afghan war.

I'd say he is worthy of his own thread.

Sure he does. But I posted about the other hero in a a777pilot thread because that's where he belongs too.

 

[jman19]

Hollow words, but - thank you Corporal Meyer for your dedication to our nation and your acts of heroism and bravery :thumbsup:

 

[fskimospy]

damn dude he got 8 killstreak

one more and he could have got the ac130

You know nothing about war. The AC-130 is an 11 killstreak.