Surprising he’s leaving the military. Don’t you get a pretty good military career advantage being a Medal of Honor winner?
Surprising he’s leaving the military. Don’t you get a pretty good military career advantage being a Medal of Honor winner?
Is he a minority, jihadist, woman or a flaming Sodomite? Those traits are the only thing that matters in today's Military. Proven success and bravery only is a benefit if you allow the Left to exploit it for their own ends. Otherwise, plan on a career of scrubbing commodes.
He had already left the Marines while his commendation was still under consideration/review. There have been interviews showing him back on the farm in KY.
I can’t imagine a Kentucky country boy being happy in NYC and the FDNY — too white bread. I certainly hope he finds success where ever he goes.
The Medal of Honor is a most humbling of awards ever...I’ve only met a couple of these folks, and they are as down to earth, humble, very reserved people I have ever met...
I imagine that this Marine is a little overwhelmed by the attention, the high ranking brass he is probably unaccustomed to even being around, much less addressed...
The attention by those officers and the politicos I believe is genuine, honestly intrigued and they are honored to even be around this man...
Some people like this may develop a need to just get away for a while, let the tempo slow down a bit, grow yer hair out, and take an objective look at their situation...I’m sure he has done this and the decision to continue to serve your community and nieghbors is an undeniably strong pull...
I know, I’ve been there after I served...I didn’t win any special awards or decorations, and never expected to, but this guy was in the right place at the right time, and he made a decision...And it saved lives...
I say give this guy the appreciation of this nation, let him decide what he wants to do, and let him go on his way...
History will always be kind and appreciative of him, and the families and brother Marines he served with and saved that day will always be something he’ll remember well, and they, him...
Personally, I thought the whole informal photo op the President did with this Marine was a bit too loose, and just because you are the President of the United States, you should not be above showing the due respect earned by this servicemember...Or try to draw some sort of inside knowledge into how a person like that thinks...Obama wouldn’t understand such thinking in the first place...So I believe the whole interaction was nothing more than another political election year spotlight on Obama, and not on the fact that he was in the presense of a true hero of this country...
Just my opinion...