http://northshorejournal.org/army-staff-sgt-robert-james-miller
Posted on 09/09/2010 11:33:36 AM PDT by centurion316
On October 6, President Barack Obama will award Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. Staff Sergeant Miller will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions in Afghanistan on January 25, 2008. He displayed immeasurable courage and uncommon valor - eventually sacrificing his own life to save the lives of his teammates and 15 Afghanistan National Army soldiers. Staff Sergeant Miller’s parents, Phil and Maureen Miller will join the President at the White House to commemorate their son’s selfless service and sacrifice.
PERSONAL BACKGROUND:
Robert Miller was born on October 14, 1983, in Harrisburg, Pa. He graduated from Wheaton North High School, Wheaton IL. Shortly after his family moved to Oviedo, Florida, he enlisted in the United States Army as a Special Forces candidate in August 2003. He attended Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Benning, Georgia and later became a Green Beret in 2005. Staff Sergeant Miller served as a weapons sergeant in Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), which is based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
His military decorations include: Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with "V" Device, Army Good Conduct Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NATO Medal, Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab and Parachute Badge.
He is survived by his parents, Phil and Maureen Miller; brothers Thomas, Martin and Edward; and sisters Joanna, Mary, Therese and Patricia.
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We also need to be awarding this to soldiers who survive.
This is abhorrent. FUBO!
If this soldier was alive, I’d hope he’d pull a John “I was in Vietnam” Kerry and throw the medals on to the WH front lawn.
This man paid the price for Obama’s idiocy.
Thank you to him and all those who protect us and America.
However, you know it will disgust the muslim Hussein.
God bless him. I hate to see this pass through the hands of Obama, but his filthy fingers can’t really tarnish this medal.
Our service members - ordinary people doing extra ordinary things. Daily.
Mr. Obama wasn’t the President in January of 2008, you know.
Right you are - this is an Old List but it will give us an idea of how many MoH recipients are still alive.
God bless him.
However, if I were his parents, I would hold a press conference to announce that we will wait for another President to come along before we accept.
This young man was only 2 when I joined the Corps. They sure make heroes young nowadays.
God bless this young man and grant him eternal peace.
The pic is a little old (2001)and I am sure some of these fine men are no longer with us, but in 2001, there were 50 MOH winners who were very much alive:
I am surprised Obummer is not awarding this to himself. He’s earned it. Right?
My point was that there have been no awards of the Medal of Honor to living soldiers, airmen, sailors, and Marines since the Vietnam War. They have all be awarded posthumously, and many have raised questions about why that might be so.
I have several friends who are recipients of the Medal of Honor, but they received their awards during the Vietnam War. No living service member has received the MoH since Vietnam except for retroactive awards. Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan: all posthumous.
Thanks for the follow-up.
In case you’re curious, I asked the Mods to remove my previous posts. Even after “proofreading” my first, I spotted an error after it went out. I posted a correction of sorts, and then requested that they be deleted.
Bill — You’re quite correct, there are many living recipients of the MoH.
Centurion — you may also be correct with regards to the more recent recipients. I haven’t checked that info lately.
In any event, the citizens of this country should regard them all with the highest esteem, whether living or dead. They performed heroic actions very few of us can imagine.
For a second there I thought it said, “Obama Wins Medal of Honor.”
Well it wouldn’t be that much crazier than him winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
I just finished a memoir of Fallujah entitled House to House. Sometimes you just sit there with your mouth open reading that sort of thing. Highly recommended.
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