Another Marine in Iraq- Takes charge and saves lives… The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross ToMarco A. Martinez Corporal, United States Marine CorpsFor Services as Set Forth in the Following Citation:For extraordinary heroism … Continue reading
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Two more Marines in Al Anbar- Sadly Captain Morel was a posthumous award; while Sgt Copeland was doing everything he could to save the Captain. No greater love… The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy … Continue reading
Another Marine in the battle for Baghdad… Not his job to go get people, but it needed to be done and he did it! The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross ToScott C. Montoya … Continue reading
Another Marine in Iraq- The point man- the most dangerous position in combat! The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross ToJoseph B. Perez Lance Corporal, United States Marine CorpsFor Services as Set Forth in … Continue reading
This one you may actually have heard about… It was the only one that got any MSM coverage. It was also the first one actually released. The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross ToBrian … Continue reading
One Marine E-7, one Sailor E-2… Same battle, two different perspectives… The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross To Justin D. Lehew Gunnery Sergeant, United States Marine CorpsFor Services as Set Forth in the … Continue reading
Continuing the posting of Navy Cross citations from the Global War on Terror to recognize those Navy and Marine Corps personnel who went above and beyond in the performance of thier duties. The President of the United States takes pleasure … Continue reading
In email and on some blogs, some folks are coming out with GOOD things our troops are doing… I made a comment on one blog about the number of Navy Crosses that have been given out during the Global War … Continue reading
I believe the Mayor is the one on the right in the picture… Dead deer walking… Kwame Kilpatrick and a former aide were charged Monday with perjury and obstruction of justice after prosecutors said sexually explicit text messages between the … Continue reading
The following story was written by John Larson, one of the VP-4 pilots during our 1975 deployment. Even 30 years after the fact, it’s nice to know these folks made it and I ‘guess’ this counts as a atta boy… … Continue reading