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Recon Marine awarded Navy Cross for thriving in heavy combat
Marines.mil ^
| 13 May 2011
| Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes
Posted on 05/15/2011 6:59:15 PM PDT by LSUfan
Gunnery Sgt. Brian M. Blonder shot and killed an insurgent who was aiming a rocket-propelled grenade at his Marines. After that, Blonder and his Marines averaged killing one insurgent about every 10 minutes.
At the end of an all-day fight, more than 50 Taliban were dead, scores were retreating, and the Marines took control of a key supply route through the village of Shewan, Afghanistan.
Blonder said it was what he came to do, and it’s what Marines do best – kill the enemy. And his unit did that exceptionally well that even though the Taliban outnumbered the Marines roughly eight to one.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; marines; taliban; usmc; waronterror
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:59:19 PM PDT
by
LSUfan
To: LSUfan
Congrats! My moto -Kill ‘em all. And then somme.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:07:52 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: LSUfan
Excellent job, Gunny. Carry on.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:07:59 PM PDT
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: LSUfan
30 Marines. Outnumbered 8 to 1. Killed 50 of the enemy. No US losses.
Amazing men, those Marines.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:10:23 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: LSUfan
To Gunny Blonder and his 30 Marines:
Outstanding job!!
5
posted on
05/15/2011 7:13:12 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: LSUfan
"...the Taliban outnumbered the Marines roughly eight to one."
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"...Good odds for any Marine."
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:14:06 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: ClearCase_guy
The Marines. The last vestige of America.
To: LSUfan
Oorah!
Recon “pain feels good” Marines!
Semper Fi
8
posted on
05/15/2011 7:14:13 PM PDT
by
devistate one four
(United states code 10.311 Militia Kimber CDP II .45 OORAH! TET68)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
shot and killed an insurgent who was aiming a rocket-propelled grenade at his Marines. After that, Blonder and his Marines averaged killing one insurgent about every 10 minutes... the Marines took control of a key supply route through the village of Shewan, Afghanistan... even though the Taliban outnumbered the Marines roughly eight to one.
Well done -- but what did we expect? :') Thanks LSUfan.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:22:09 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: ClearCase_guy
30 Marines. Outnumbered 8 to 1. Killed 50 of the enemy. No US losses. Oh, that's not fair....the Marines had so many more targets! ;-)
I'm too tired to calculate what Lanchester would say about this.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:27:09 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: LSUfan
The marines were surrounded, the poor Taliban bastards.
To: Dogbert41
The Marine tricked the enemy,....there were two of them.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:30:35 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Dogbert41
They have us surrounded...they can’t get away any more...the situation is well in hand.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:30:41 PM PDT
by
skimask
To: LSUfan
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:39:13 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
To: jazusamo; 2LT Radix jr; 80 Square Miles; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; ...
wOw !! Now that is SOME kind of Marine and hero !! God bless him, and all his brothers (and sisters) in arms. How blessed we are that God has blessed us with such heroes.
Check out the medals
Marine Barracks 8th & I - GySgt. Brian Blonder poses with members of his former force reconnaissance platoon following his Navy Cross ceremony at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., May 10, 2011. Blonder was awarded the Navy Cross by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus for his actions during an all-day firefight against Taliban insurgents Aug. 8, 2008, during the battle of Shewan, Afghanistan. (Photo by Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough)
"Earned * Never Given"
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:39:22 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: skimask
That’s much like Chesty Puller’s “We’re surrounded! That simplifies our problem!”
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:42:06 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(All Hail the No Talent Pop Star pResident.)
To: STARWISE
Starwise.Thank you for posting that picture.I needed some great news and that picture is it.Thank you, much.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:45:58 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: Fred Hayek
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:46:59 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: LSUfan
Does Holder and the Just Us Department know about this. Marines killing the enemy?
Indictments to follow!
Semper Fi!
To: LSUfan
thanks for posting this, and thanks to Starwise for adding the photos. I read the story and show the photos to my son. He was impressed. may God bless all our heros.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:54:28 PM PDT
by
Elendur
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