Sergeant First Class Jared Monti
Posted on 09/17/2009 1:02:52 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Sen. John Kerry paid tribute today to Sergeant First Class Jared Monti, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2006. Sen. Kerry attended a Medal of Honor Ceremony earlier today at the White House where President Obama posthumously awarded Monti the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
Monti, a native of Raynham, is the first Massachusetts veteran to receive the Medal of Honor since 1970.
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Amen
Salute!
Pingeroo!
Didn’t John Kerry serve in Vietnam?
Scum Kerry has no place at a Medal of Honor ceremony.
Define “serve”...
Yes but he only threw his ribbons away.
BUMP...BUMP....BUMP!
Serve - to perform a task for 4 months or less, then embellish the task such that one receives undeserved recognition.
May I join you in rendering honors to SFC Jared Monti.
God Bless him and his parents.
Then you are spot on....
Oh, I forgot about his “second tour”...
Never “seared in my memory” I guess...
Kerry should not be allowed to even mention this hero’s name. Kerry was, is and always will be a traitor. Just like his slut girl friend, JF.
Are they sure he didn’t say something like, “There is no reason that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Afghanis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the—of—the historical customs, religious customs, reminiscent of the ways of Jenjis Khan. Whether you like it or not Afghanis should be doing that.”?
This man is the lowest of the lowest.
What was John Kerry’s statement: “Where’s mine”?
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sergeant First Class Monti distinguished himself at the cost of his life while serving as a team leader with the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on 21 June 2006. On that day, Sergeant First Class Monti was leading a mission to gather intelligence and to direct fires against the enemy in support of a squadron-size interdiction mission. While at an observation position on top of a mountain ridge, Sergeant First Class Monti’s sixteen-man patrol came under attack by a superior force consisting of as many as 50 enemy fighters. On the verge of being overrun, Sergeant First Class Monti directed his patrol to set up a hasty defensive position behind a collection of rocks. He then began to call for indirect fire from a nearby support base; accurately bringing the rounds upon the enemy who had closed to within 50 meters of his position. While still calling for fire, Sergeant First Class Monti personally engaged the enemy with his rifle and a grenade, successfully disrupting an attempt to flank the patrol. Sergeant First Class Monti then realized that one of his Soldiers was lying wounded and exposed in the open ground between the advancing enemy and the patrol’s position. With complete disregard for his own safety, Sergeant First Class Monti moved from behind the cover of the rocks into the face of withering enemy fire. After closing within meters of his wounded Soldier, the heavy volume of fire forced Sergeant First Class Monti to seek cover. Sergeant First Class Monti then gathered himself and rose again to maneuver through a barrage of enemy fire to save his wounded Soldier. Again, Sergeant First Class Monti was driven back by relentless enemy fire. Unwilling to leave his Soldier wounded and exposed, Sergeant First Class Monti made another attempt to move across open terrain and through the enemy fire to the aide of his wounded Soldier. On his third attempt, Sergeant First Class Monti was mortally wounded, sacrificing his own life in an effort to save his Soldier. Sergeant First Class Monti’s acts of heroism inspired the patrol to fight off the larger enemy force. Sergeant First Class Monti’s immeasurable courage and uncommon valor were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, 3d Squadron 71st Cavalry Regiment, the 3d Brigade Combat Team, the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), and the United States Army.
Hooah
- Jared Monti's final words before he died in battle in Afghanistan, as recalled by a comrade
Rest with God our Hero Sgt Jared Monti....prayers for your family.
Humble gtratitude for your service & sacrifice.
Thank you Godfather.
Agreed.
No insult intended but no other threads about this hero were posted with out this trash Kerry being part of it ?
Bravest among the brave.Thank you for your sacrifice for your comrades and for America.
Bravest among the brave.Thank you for your sacrifice for your comrades and for America.
Bravest among the brave.Thank you for your sacrifice for your comrades and for America.
I Report! You Decide!
IMHO, Kerry has no right to speak the name of this (or any other) American Hero!
R.I.P
Sergeant First Class Jared Monti
Sorry. Didn’t seem to send.
booo...
I think I’m gonna puke. What the h3!! does sKerry know of courage? He has his Flintstones Band-Aids, so he need to sit down and shut up.
But don’t get me started.
There, but for the Grace of God, goes my grandson.
Thanks, Connie.
Kerry is SUCH a doo-doo head.
Chode?...you are spot-on, as always!! You ROCK!
Well done, Monti.
I pray for safety & success for your grandson Monkey.
Much gratitude to him for his service & all his family as well.....you must be so very proud of him!
thx... a bigger attention whore i've never seen.
*whisper*
(That would be ‘Face, if you don’t mind...I’m a gramma!)
Thanks! I’m getting a box ready to send to him and I’m open to suggestions...
He’s my oldest grandson, and I held him before his Mum did so he is really special!!
Thanks again for your thoughts!
Me too, not!!
(LOL)
How are things, Chode?
I am an Ex-Masshole, this man typifies the people I grew up with in Lynn, Massachusetts. All of my friends and relatives served in Viet Nam and returned with a lot of Chest Iron. John F’n Kerry is scum.
other than a Domestic Enemy in the Whitehouse, things couldn't be better... i hope all is well for you also.
Except for the above-mentioned Enemy...life is good! I’m so happy to see you!! (You ROCK!!)
THANK YOU for your service to the mission, to your country, and to ME.
Hoo-ah and HAZZA from this Black Watch SOB.
FrPR
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