I Am So Proud of Our Soldiers, Especially Those KIA
Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor
This is not a new story, it is true and I post it today as I realize that some very special human beings will not be home for Christmas this year, because they gave their last full measure of devotion. If you don’t know this story, I think you will be glad I included it today:
PO2 (EOD2)(Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq , giving his life to save his fellow Seals.
During Mike Monsoor’s funeral in San Diego , as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, SEAL’s were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of two’s, with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike’s coffin passed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.
I am so damn proud of our soldiers!
