FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Marcus Luttrell ~ January 20, 2014

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Marcus Luttrell
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With all the publicity about the movie Lone Survivor, I wanted to know more about the hero behind it.  "Hero" is certainly an appropriate description.  Here is his story, from Wikipedia.

Marcus Luttrell (born November 7, 1975) is a former United States Navy SEAL, who received the Navy Cross for his actions in June 2005 facing Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wings. During his eight-year career in the United States Navy, Luttrell reached the rank of Petty Officer First Class.

Luttrell was born in Houston, Texas on November 7, 1975. He began training for the U.S. Navy SEALs at the age of fourteen, with former U.S. Army soldier Billy Shelton, who lived near Luttrell's home. He trained every day with his twin brother, Morgan, and others who aspired to join the U.S. Navy. Shelton trained them using various weight and endurance exercises. After high school, Luttrell attended Sam Houston State University, where he joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.

Luttrell enlisted in the United States Navy in March 1999. After graduating bootcamp and Hospital Corpsman A-school, he transferred to Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) Class 226; however, due to a fractured femur he suffered on the O-course, he graduated with Class 228 on April 21, 2000. A book entitled "The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228" by Dick Couch describes the training of Class 228, and names Luttrell as one of the graduates of that class. After completing BUD/S, he attended Army jump school and SEAL Qualification Training. He was then sent to Fort Bragg in North Carolina, for SOCM (Special Operations Combat Medic Course) an additional six months of advanced training in conventional and unconventional medical skills, ranging from diagnosis and treatment of many conditions to advanced emergency medicine and battlefield life support. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2005 with SEAL Team Ten. Prior to Afghanistan, Luttrell had been part of SDV-1. After Operation Red Wings he transferred to SEAL Team Five and deployed to Ramadi during Operation Iraqi Freedom conducting various operations there.
 

Operation Red Wings

 

Late in the night of June 27, 2005, two MH-47 Special Operations Aircraft of the Army Special Operations Command's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (SOAR(A)) approached Sawtalo Sar. As one of the aircraft performed a number of "decoy drops" to confuse any possible enemy on the ground as to the specific purpose of helicopters, the other inserted, via fastrope, a four-man Navy SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team in a saddle between Sawtalo Sar and Gatigal Sar, a peak just to the south of Sawtalo Sar. The insert point was roughly one and one half miles from the nearest Named Area of Interest. The team members were team leader Navy Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 (SDVT-1), based out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Gunner's Mate Second Class Class Danny Dietz from SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2 (SDVT-2), based out of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Sonar Technician Second Class Matthew Axelson from SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 (SDVT-1); and Hospital Corpsman First Class Marcus Luttrell, of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 (SDVT-1). After moving to a pre-determined, covered overwatch position, from which the SEALs could observe the Named Areas of Interest, the team was discovered by local goat herders. After determining that they were civilians, and not combatants, Lieutenant Murphy asked Luttrell to "make the call". Luttrell fearing U.S. media backlash and following the rules of engagement, released them. Regretting their decision, the team relocated to a less desirable observation point. Within two hours of letting the goat herders go, the SEAL Reconnaissance and Surveillance team was ambushed by Ahmad Shah's men.

The ambush was intense, coming from three sides, and included fire from PK machine guns, AK-47s, RPG-7s, and 82mm mortars. The ambush team forced the SEAL team into the northeast gulch of Sawtalo Sar, on the Shuryek Valley side of Sawtalo Sar. The SEALs made a number of attempts to contact their combat operations center with a PRC-148 MBITR (Multi Band Inter/Intra Team Radio) and then with an Iridium Satellite Phone. The team could not establish consistent communication, however, other than for a period long enough to indicate that they were under attack. Three of the four team members were killed, and Luttrell, being the only survivor, was left unconscious with a number of fractures, a broken back, numerous shrapnel wounds, and later a gunshot. He would soon regain consciousness and evade the pursuing enemy, with the help of local Pashtun villagers, who would eventually send an emissary to the nearest U.S. base to secure his safe release, and ultimately save his life.

The target of Operation Red Wings, Mohammad Ismail alias Ahmad Shah, survived the American operation but was killed during a firefight with Pakistani police commandos in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in April 2008.

Luttrell returned to the U.S. the following year, and co-authored the New York Times bestseller Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. A film version starring Mark Wahlberg was released on December 25, 2013.

Luttrell separated from the Navy in 2007, and was subsequently granted a temporary medical retirement through the Board for the Correction of Naval Records in 2009. In 2008, Marcus spoke at the Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting.

His latest book, co-authored with James D. Hornfischer, Service: A Navy SEAL at War, was released in May, 2012, by Little, Brown and Company

 

DASY

As part of Luttrell's recuperation he was given a yellow Labrador puppy. He named the dog DASY. Each letter of the name "DASY" represents one of the members of his team—Danny Dietz, Matthew "Axe" Axelson,Southern boy (Marcus), and Michael "Yankee" Murphy. She was given to him in recovery to help him through rehabilitation.

On April 1, 2009, four men approached Luttrell's property and killed DASY with a .357 Magnum revolver at approximately 1 A.M. Luttrell proceeded to chase the individuals through four counties in his truck armed with two 9 mm Berettas—until Onalaska Police apprehended the individuals. Upon arrest, the suspects verbally threatened Luttrell's life and taunted him. Alfonso Hernandez was arrested on-scene for driving without a valid driver's license and later charged with animal cruelty. Michael Edmonds turned himself in on April 7, was booked, and posted bond on the same charge. The other two individuals were not indicted. The males are also suspects in the killings of other neighborhood dogs. On November 29, 2011, Marcus posted on his Facebook Page that "Court date on Thursday for DASY's killer's I'll keep y'all posted on what happens. It's only been almost 3 years glad it's finally here" and again on December 1, 2011, saying they were found guilty.

On March 7, 2012, Alfonso Hernandez was given the maximum sentence of two years in a state jail for the felony charge of animal cruelty and fined $1,000. After his guilty plea and testimony against Hernandez, Michael John Edmonds was sentenced to five years probation and fined $1,000 for the same offense. At the sentencing, Luttrell testified that he was “still pretty upset” about the killing of DASY and that he felt both defendants should have gotten the maximum sentence.
 

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Lone Survivor Foundation

In 2010, Luttrell established the Lone Survivor Foundation. Headquartered in Houston, Texas the foundation's mission is to "...restore, empower, and renew hope for our wounded warriors and their families through health, wellness, and therapeutic support." The vision is to "...provide exceptional therapeutic, outdoor, and unique opportunities that optimize recovery and healing of affected American wounded service members and their families."

Marcus Luttrell and The Lone Survivor Foundation have partnered with The Boot Campaign to help show tangible appreciation of America’s active duty military, raise awareness of the challenges they face upon return, and support the transition home

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SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY

WINTER FESTIVAL

JANUARY 24 THRU FEBRUARY 2

There will be six concerts in this series, all of which will be broadcast by Seattle’s classical radio KING-FM. Thanks to the miracle of the Internet, these concerts will be available live at the KING-FM website, and on concert nights I will lay out the schedule and provide a link to the concert. Chamber music can put a little light into people’s lives.

I’ll provide insights into the musicians if I happen to know them. I’ll also give a preview of the pieces to be played.

For Friday’s opening night concert, the first piece is the Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D minor, Op. 63, by Robert Schumann.

Bob Schumann was the German poet of the piano, much as Fred Chopin was the French poet of the piano. Most people who have studied music appreciation know the story of Bob ending his life by starving himself to death in a mental hospital at age 46. As to whether his bipolar disorder and eventual insanity were natural or the result of syphilis acquired from a barmaid in his late teens is still a subject of debate. He married Clara Wieck, the top pianist in the German-speaking world. Bob and Clara had a whole passel of kids, were very tight with Felix Mendelssohn and his wife, and they played mentor to the young Jo Brahms when he was first starting out.

Bob tended to do things in a manic way. He would spend a few years concentrating on writing songs, and then he’d shift his efforts to chamber music in a mad rush of creativity. This piece was written in so hot a manner that he interrupted the composition of his opera “Genoveva” to compose it.

The opening movement is marked in German, “with energy and passion”. He uses counterpoint right out of the gate when the opening notes on the violin are echoed by the piano in the bass at the second bar. This movement’s agitation is conveyed, not by forcefulness, but by compression. It’s breathtaking! The lyrical second subject in F opens up a bit into more counterpoint, this time a canon, and he brings the first subject in as a counter-subject on the cello. This is fine composing. He repeats the exposition and then moves into a huge development section marked by the use of the strings playing on the bridge while the piano scales the heights. This is the kind of strange sonority beloved of 20th Century composers, and here it was only 1850! He recaps and bases his coda on the first subject, making you think he is going to end it sweetly. But he brings it to a resigned conclusion in the minor.

With such a weighty first movement, Bob puts a scherzo in F in second position, marked in German, “lively, but not too fast. This scherzo is full of humor and high spirits, using a two-against-three overlay, one of those rhythmic tricks that Bob was to pass on to Brahms a few years later.

In third position, Bob writes a slow movement marked in German, “slowly with inner emotion”. This is one of his great, tragic slow movements, full of gloom and sorrow. The middle theme shifts to the major, and it has a sense of yearning that somewhat dispels the gloom. He returns to the first theme and then without pause, goes into a finale marked in German, “with fire”. This is a wonderful and uncomplicated rondo in D, full of faith and affirmation. The joy just leaps off the page!

This video is by the Clara Trio, a group of students at the New England Conservatory. These ladies are very, very good.

Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63

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Thanks very much – coming aboard! Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!

And thanks very much to you and Star for tonight’s Hall of Heroes thread! HM/1 (SEAL) Marcus Littrell, USN, exemplifies the virtues most cherished by our Valiant Troops – physical Courage, unswerving Loyalty, and unasked-for Sacrifice for his Brothers! He enters our Hall of Heroes to resounding acclamation from all who dwell there!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[AZamericonnie]

I'm sure that most here have already see this interview but just in case.

CBS 60 minutes interview with Marcus Luttrell

Another film I want to see....

Murph The Protector

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True Greatness
January 20, 2014

Read: Mark 10:35-45

Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. —Mark 10:43

Bible in a Year:
Genesis 49-50; Matthew 13:31-58

Some people feel like a small pebble lost in the immensity of a canyon. But no matter how insignificant we judge ourselves to be, we can be greatly used by God.

In a sermon early in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. quoted Jesus’ words from Mark 10 about servanthood. Then he said, “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. . . . You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.”

When Jesus’ disciples quarreled about who would get the places of honor in heaven, He told them: “Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:43-45).

I wonder about us. Is that our understanding of greatness? Are we gladly serving, doing tasks that may be unnoticed? Is the purpose of our serving to please our Lord rather than to gain applause? If we are willing to be a servant, our lives will point to the One who is truly great.

No service in itself is small,
None great, though earth it fill;
But that is small that seeks its own,
And great that does God’s will. —Anon.

Little things done in Christ’s name are great things.

[AZamericonnie]

Oh dear Excellence my heart is with you.

I would be pleased to send your son some care packages once you know his addy & can send it in private FReepmail.

Big cyber hugs to you! *Hugs*