THIS SHOULD BE NATION WIDE NEWS

[emmet]

God bless America

In God We Trust

Causing The Gold Trident Pin To Embed Itself

The Sailor Pictured Below Is

Navy Petty Officer,

PO2

(Petty Officer, Second Class)

EOD2

(Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Second Class)

"MIKE MONSOOR"

April 5th, 1981 ~ September 29th, 2009

Mike Monsoor,

Was Awarded "The Congressional Medal Of Honor" Last Week,

For Giving His Life In Iraq , As He Jumped On, And Covered With His Body, A Live Hand Grenade,

Saving The Lives Of A Large Group Of Navy Seals That Was Passing By!

During Mike Monsoor's Funeral,

At Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , In San Diego , California ..

The Six Pallbearers Removed The Rosewood Casket From The Hearse,

And Lined Up On Each Side Of Mike Monsoor's Casket,

Were His Family Members, Friends, Fellow Sailors, And Well-wishers.

The Column Of People Continued

From The Hearse, All The Way To The Grave Site.

What The Group Didn't Know At The Time Was,

Every Navy Seal

(45 To Be Exact)

That Mike Monsoor Saved That Day Was Scattered Through-Out The Column!

As The Pallbearers Carried The Rosewood Casket

Down The Column Of People To The Grave Side.

The Column Would Collapse..

Which Formed A Group Of People That Followed Behind.

Every Time The Rosewood Casket Passed A Navy Seal,

He Would Remove His Gold Trident Pin From His Uniform,

And Slap It Down Hard,

Causing The Gold Trident Pin To Embed Itself

Into The Top Of The Wooden Casket!

Then The Navy Seal Would Step Back From The Column, And Salute!

Now For Those,

Who Don't Know What A Trident Pin Is,

Here Is The Definition!

After One Completes The Basic Navy Seals Program Which Lasts For Three Weeks,

And Is Followed By Seal Qualification Training,

Which Is 15 More Weeks Of Training,

Necessary To Continue Improving Basic Skills And To Learn New Tactics And Techniques,

Required For An Assignment To A Navy Seal Platoon.

After successful completion,

Trainees Are Given Their Naval Enlisted Code,

And Are Awarded The Navy Seal Trident Pin.

With This Gold Pin They Are Now Officially Navy Seals!

It Was Said,

That You Could Hear Each Of The 45 Slaps From Across The Cemetery!

By The Time The Rosewood Casket Reached The Grave Site,

It Looked As Though It Had A Gold Inlay From The 45 Trident Pins That Lined The Top!

This Was A Fitting End To An Eternal Send-Off For A Warrior Hero!

This Should Be Front-Page News!

Instead Of The Garbage We Listen To And See Every Day.

Here's A Good Idea!

Since The Main Stream Media Won't Make This News.

Then We Choose To Make It News By Forwarding It.

I Am Proud Of All The Branches Of Our Military..

If You Are Proud Too, Please Pass This E-Mail On.

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[pleasantvalleySunday]

Thank you for sharing this, I agree. And just so you all know this is totally true and here is a picture to prove it.

[aquaman907]

God provides shields to those whom he has a purpose for. When hearts are trained up to act and protect they are directed each at their own time.

I thank all who are called and who will act in Gods grace. May the grace of God go forth to all whom read and understand that they are in deed called upon in these times. May they find their highest calling and go forth and act in faith. Thanks be to all the Seals and their families and may they be strong in knowing they are on the right path of service to this country. Do not let the cloud of media smoke shake your vision stay your course of honor and be watchful for our country.

Can anyone provide links to photos of this event ?

In Gods grace and blessings go forth in strength and honor.

God Bless

Aquaman907

[magawatt]

I can only stand in awe of the courage and dedication of our valiant armed services.

[BanG]

I had my time to serve amongst heroes, My day has come and gone. These kids today are LEGENDS! Some have done 7 tours to the middle east! I'm so deeply touched with their commitment to this country, their comrades and finally honor. May God have mercy on them all for their sacrifice on our behalf. Just Stunning. JMO. Peace.

[Man_Kind]

Thanks emmet for sharing. I pray for our troops every day.

May God Bless our Troops and keep them safe.

Man_Kind

Edited April 2, 2011 by Man_Kind

[jamadude99]

Thank you for the post. This story just tears at one's

heart strings. Our military men and women are the

world's greatest, and we wouldn't be free to have

this website if it weren't for the fallen men and women

in the history of the military.

jamadude99

[pleasantvalleySunday]

Can anyone provide links to photos of this event ?

In Gods grace and blessings go forth in strength and honor.

God Bless

Aquaman907

Hi Aquaman907 - I tried (and failed) to post a picture earlier, but here is a link to Snopes which shows a picture which admittedly (by them) is NOT the one mentioned in this but shows a different yet similar situation

Link to the snopes article

Bless all those who have served and bless the families of those who have died to preserve what we believe in. May they be held in the palm of God's hand.

[Farmall]

Here is a video tribute to this fallen hero! People like him are a special, few would have the courage to do what he did!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfK2BQCIIes&feature=player_embedded

[dog53]

To all that has served and to all that has fallen. A heart felt thank you and a blessing. THE TREE OFF LIBERTY SADLY ONLY GROWS WITH THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS.

[emmet]

I could not get the pics to come across. I do not know why, there were just a couple of pictures one of him and one of the casket with the medals in place.

"If we run such [government] debts, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries

and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our callings and our creeds, as the people of England

are, our people, like them, must come to labor sixteen hours in twenty-four, give earnings of fifteen of these

to the government for their debts and daily expenses, and the sixteenth being insufficient to afford us bread,

we must live, as they now do, on oatmeal and potatoes, have no time to think, no means of calling the mismanagers

to account; but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-suffers."

~ Thomas Jefferson

[KCT]

Here is a video tribute to this fallen hero! People like him are a special, few would have the courage to do what he did!

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded

Thank-you so much for finding the link! I really enjoyed seeing the video and hearing more about one of our heros!