Airborne.
Barry has finally found something he can do that makes him appear “presidential”.
BTTT!
Pitts' MOH will be the 16th for the "Sky Soldiers" of the 173rd Brigade since its formation and deployment to France in World War I
SSgt Pitts will also be the 16th American fighting man to be awarded the Medal of Honor in the Afghanistan/Iraq wars.
How conflicted a man must be who earns the medal of honor and has to receive it from Obama, in my opinion a traitor to this country.
Either the Bush administration was too stingy on giving out the MOH, or the Obama administration is too loose with the criteria. Bush awarded it to five men, all posthumously. Three leapt on grenades, one manned a gun when already wounded and kept firing to his death so American wounded could be evacuated, and one exposed himself to almost certain death to call for help for his team mates. In short, the MOH was only given in the Bush administration to those who knowingly sacrificed their lives for their buddies.
The Obama administration gives the award who take the risk of death to help the cause. All in all, maybe that’s a better standard, since we need some living heroes. But still, the MOH was so rare under the Bush administration that the ceremonies and recognition were awe-inspiring. This is one of those rare cases where prefer Obama’s approach, but it’s a very close call.
the most decorated unit in the ARMY 173rd, 2nd-503 AIRBONRE
They take the brunt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtycoVADp1U
Huzzah’s to the troop in question but we all know that the Ahole-in-Chief does this mostly to get his mug in front of a camera in a pic with a bonafide hero.
Makes me proud to have once served with the 173rd Abn - Viet Nam 1966 (Which explains my Freeper name)