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[WVPATX]

Syed's brother is a decorated veteran of the U.S. Navy. By all accounts I've read, his family is terrific and were in shock by Syed's actions. The power of love in changing someone's heart and mind is extraordinary.

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/brother-california-terrorist-suspect-decorated-navy-vet

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

Syed's brother is a decorated veteran of the U.S. Navy. By all accounts I've read, his family is terrific and were in shock by Syed's actions. The power of love in changing someone's heart and mind is extraordinary.

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/brother-california-terrorist-suspect-decorated-navy-vet

National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. As The Hill notes, Farook was an information system technician on the USS Enterprise and served in the Surface Warfare Officer School Unit and the Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. It is also noted that he won a Good Conduct Medal as an Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist.

NDSM= given to everyone in the military during an active war

GWOTEM= given to anyone who deploys to a combat theater ISO the GWOT.

GWOTSM= very similar to the EM and NDSM.

SSDR= given to anyone who is on a cruise in excess of X days.

GCM= not been NJP'd for 3 consecutive years.

Calling him decorated is a stretch.

 

[WVPATX]

National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. As The Hill notes, Farook was an information system technician on the USS Enterprise and served in the Surface Warfare Officer School Unit and the Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. It is also noted that he won a Good Conduct Medal as an Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist.

NDSM= given to everyone in the military during an active war

GWOTEM= given to anyone who deploys to a combat theater ISO the GWOT.

GWOTSM= very similar to the EM and NDSM.

SSDR= given to anyone who is on a cruise in excess of X days.

GCM= not been NJP'd for 3 consecutive years.

Calling him decorated is a stretch.

You're much more informed than me on this. The fact that he served honorably at that time is still a great and honorable story for his family. From the same family, one son served and one became a terrorist. The wife held incredible sway over him, imo.

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

You're much more informed than me on this. The fact that he served honorably at that time is still a great and honorable story for his family. From the same family, one son served and one became a terrorist. The wife held incredible sway over him, imo.

I just realized my post might be interpreted differently than I intended. What I posted was not an indictment of his service in any way. Anyone who served honorably has my utmost respect and is above criticism.

My post was an indictment of the media's attempt at painting someone as something they aren't. When I saw "decorated" I was expecting a bronze stars or at least a Navy Achievement Medal. My thoughts are they were hyping as click bait.

When I think decorated, I think of someone like Maj Brian Chontosh USMC Ret. Here is a man that strapped it on!


For extraordinary heroism as Combined Anti-Armor Platoon Commander, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on 25 March 2003. While leading his platoon north on Highway I toward Ad Diwaniyah, First Lieutenant Chontosh's platoon moved into a coordinated ambush of mortars, rocket propelled grenades, and automatic weapons fire. With coalition tanks blocking the road ahead, he realized his platoon was caught in a kill zone.

He had his driver move the vehicle through a breach along his flank, where he was immediately taken under fire from an entrenched machine gun. Without hesitation, First Lieutenant Chontosh ordered the driver to advance directly at the enemy position enabling his .50 caliber machine gunner to silence the enemy.

He then directed his driver into the enemy trench, where he exited his vehicle and began to clear the trench with an M16A2 service rifle and 9 millimeter pistol. His ammunition depleted, First Lieutenant Chontosh, with complete disregard for his safety, twice picked up discarded enemy rifles and continued his ferocious attack.

When a Marine following him found an enemy rocket propelled grenade launcher, First Lieutenant Chontosh used it to destroy yet another group of enemy soldiers. When his audacious attack ended, he had cleared over 200 meters of the enemy trench, killing more than 20 enemy soldiers and wounding several others.[1]

By his outstanding display of decisive leadership, unlimited courage in the face of heavy enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty, First Lieutenant Chontosh reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.

 

[Airport]

I just realized my post might be interpreted differently than I intended. What I posted was not an indictment of his service in any way. Anyone who served honorably has my utmost respect and is above criticism.

My post was an indictment of the media's attempt at painting someone as something they aren't. When I saw "decorated" I was expecting a bronze stars or at least a Navy Achievement Medal. My thoughts are they were hyping as click bait.

When I think decorated, I think of someone like Maj Brian Chontosh USMC Ret. Here is a man that strapped it on!


For extraordinary heroism as Combined Anti-Armor Platoon Commander, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on 25 March 2003. While leading his platoon north on Highway I toward Ad Diwaniyah, First Lieutenant Chontosh's platoon moved into a coordinated ambush of mortars, rocket propelled grenades, and automatic weapons fire. With coalition tanks blocking the road ahead, he realized his platoon was caught in a kill zone.

He had his driver move the vehicle through a breach along his flank, where he was immediately taken under fire from an entrenched machine gun. Without hesitation, First Lieutenant Chontosh ordered the driver to advance directly at the enemy position enabling his .50 caliber machine gunner to silence the enemy.

He then directed his driver into the enemy trench, where he exited his vehicle and began to clear the trench with an M16A2 service rifle and 9 millimeter pistol. His ammunition depleted, First Lieutenant Chontosh, with complete disregard for his safety, twice picked up discarded enemy rifles and continued his ferocious attack.

When a Marine following him found an enemy rocket propelled grenade launcher, First Lieutenant Chontosh used it to destroy yet another group of enemy soldiers. When his audacious attack ended, he had cleared over 200 meters of the enemy trench, killing more than 20 enemy soldiers and wounding several others.[1]

By his outstanding display of decisive leadership, unlimited courage in the face of heavy enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty, First Lieutenant Chontosh reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.

My Uncle had a Silver star with oak Leaf cluster, bronze star with two oak leafs, two purple hearts, Dist flying cross and a few others. Served in Korea and Vietnam. Never knew he was so decorated until I saw his medals at his funeral and his headstone at Arlington.

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

My Uncle had a Silver star with oak Leaf cluster, bronze star with two oak leafs, two purple hearts, Dist flying cross and a few others. Served in Korea and Vietnam. Never knew he was so decorated until I saw his medals at his funeral and his headstone at Arlington.

Most people who have done extraordinary things in battle you would never know.