Obviously, it's not Hollywood or San Francisco.
God Bless the men who fight evil.
I assume they dont hand out many DFC’s. I was wondering what McCain did to get his on another thread but never did get a reply.
Did he deserve it?
Cav Hooah!
Thank you and God bless.
Looks kinda young to be a CWO3... But heck, could just be me gittin old!
God bless you, Sir. Thank you for your service.
The Iraqis were expecting trouble during the religious pilgrimage and were on top of the first sign of trouble, which turned out to be much bigger than they realized. They quickly called in the calvary and the following story from a news service tells a little bit more. I believe there were some 600 taken prisoner in addition to the casualties noted.
As many as 300 militants were killed in the daylong fight near Najaf on Sunday.
That estimate comes from the Iraqi provincial spokesman, based on reports he's gotten from officers in the battle zone.
The official said the fighting has stopped but U.S. and Iraqi forces are still surrounding the area and have seized heavy machine guns, other weapons and ammunition.
Iraqi officials said the assault was aimed at insurgents later identified as members of a cult called "Soldiers of Heaven." Authorities said they believed the group was plotting to attack Shiite pilgrims and clerics during a religious festival.
Little was known about the group before the weekend fighting, and nearly all the information about it has come from Iraqi government officials, who said the cultists were led by Diya Abdul-Zahra Kadhim, 37, a Shiite from Hillah who claimed he was the "Hidden Imam," a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad who disappeared as a child in the 9th century.
Shiites believe the "Hidden Imam" will come again to restore peace and justice. The cultists appeared to be mostly poor Shiite farmers from an agricultural area 12 miles northeast of Najaf. But they also seemed to have been heavily armed and fought the Iraqi forces to a standstill until U.S. and British jets pounded them with rockets, gunfire and 500-pound bombs.