Medal of Honor Awarded to Mike Mansoor

by Wind Bear

Petty Officer 2nd Class (E5)  (Rate: P EOD2)  MIKE MANSOOR, 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 Point Loma’s  Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery , SEALs 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 everyday.

Since the media wont make  this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding it onto you guys. I am  damn proud of our military. If you are proud too, please pass this on. If  not then rest assured that these fine men and women of our military  will continue to serve and protect.