Pistol and knife in hand.
Posted on 05/24/2018 9:29:14 AM PDT by rktman
Marine Sergeant Major Bradley Kasal, spoke at at a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, California, Thursday.
“Ladies and gentlemen, behind me, to the right, to the left, is the big stick. The ones who do the work, who put in the sacrifice, everyday, to make sure that this country, this most beautiful, great nation, still stands,” he said, in reference to Teddy Roosevelt’s famous quote, “speak softly and carry a big stick.” He also commended his fellow Marines for their commitment and duty.
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Iraq War
Actions in Iraq
In a firefight with insurgents in a house in Fallujah, although wounded by seven 7.62×39mm rounds and hit by more than 43 pieces of hot fragmentation from a grenade while using his body to shield an injured fellow Marine, First Sergeant Kasal refused to quit fighting and was able to return fire with a handgun, killing at least one insurgent. Kasal is credited with saving the lives of several Marines during the U.S. assault on insurgent strongholds in Fallujah in November 2004.
By the time he was carried out of the house by LCpl Chris Marquez and LCpl Dan Shaffer, then-First Sergeant Kasal had lost approximately 60 percent of his blood. The photograph of Kasal, taken by photographer Lucian Read — blood-soaked and still holding his M9 pistol and KA-Bar fighting knife — being helped from the building by fellow Marines, has become one of the iconic pictures of the war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Kasal
Doin’ MAN stuff. Ohh Rahhh!
It’s awe-inspiring!
I stand at attention and SALUTE.
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I thank God this brave Marine hero got to serve and retire under President Trump who honors and loves our military unlike the two national disgraces Bill Clinton and Barry Zero Obama!!
Clinton and Obama are, in my opinion, not worthy of touching our troops boots. In fact, IMO, Obama and Clinton aren’t worthy of licking the bottoms of our troops boots after the troops walk the streets of Afganistan or Iraq.
I couldn’t agree more! Well said.
Or San Francisco.
God bless this great Marine!
Pistol and knife in hand.
And still maintaining trigger discipline.
Several dozen bullets and shrapnel fragments in him.
Half his blood not in him.
Thank God for such warriors!
Jerry Brown has turned San Francisco into his own personal sewer.
Waiting for some snowflake to complain they weren't accepted into the Marines.
Semper Fi (67-71)
Thank you for your service.
Thanks to everyone who served.
My dad and uncle served in The Nam and my two brothers served in Iraq.
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