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Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor
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Nov 27 2008, 7:59 pm - By grapevine


Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008

Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor

 
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.


 

The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it. This was a fitting send-off for a
warrior hero.

This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every day.

Since the media won't make this news, I choose to make it news by posting it here in the Forums for you to read.


I am so proud of our military. If you are proud too, please tell your friends to read this. 


If not then rest assured that these fine men and women of our military will continue to serve and
protect.


I will be sending another email blast next week to everyone about a program that you can join to support our troops. If you can't wait till then, click here to read about it in the classified section of Manchester Grapevine. I signed up and am challenging everyone else to also.

 


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