Medal of Honor

[Chili]

It's not the Congressional Medal of Honor, just "Medal of Honor".

Common mistake though.

[cobrajet69]

It's not the Congressional Medal of Honor, just "Medal of Honor".

Common mistake though.

David

[03trubluGT]

Not many people know this, but if you are an enlisted man wearing the CMH, it is obligated for officers to slaute you.

That's the only reason I wanted one.

[Chili]

Not many people know this, but if you are an enlisted man wearing the CMH, it is obligated for officers to slaute you.

That's the only reason I wanted one.

Every service member must salute you when wearing it. I always thought that was really cool.

And it's not Congressional!!!!!!!!!!! Why the C?

[cobrajet69]

Every service member must salute you when wearing it. I always thought that was really cool.

And it's not Congressional!!!!!!!!!!! Why the C?

Are the saluting regulations regarding CMH vs MoH different?



David

[Chili]

Are the saluting regulations regarding CMH vs MoH different?



David

Lol, considering the CMH doesn't exist, yes.

[Chili]

BTW, from the article:

The former Marine sergeant, who shared a beer with the president at the White House Wednesday

I don't care if you like him or not, if I had the opportunity to have a beer with a sitting president, I would totally be in!

[03trubluGT]

BTW, from the article:



I don't care if you like him or not, if I had the opportunity to have a doobie with a sitting president, I would totally be in!

Fixed. :-)

[Strychnine]

You guys should listen to this interview / podcast that just came out - seriously heavy shit.




For anyone who doesn't know the name, here's Jocko's background:

Jocko enlisted in the Navy after high school and spent 20 years in the SEAL Teams, first as an enlisted SEAL operator and then as a SEAL officer. During his second tour in Iraq, he led SEAL Task Unit Bruiser in the Battle of Ramadi — some of the toughest and most sustained combat by the SEAL Teams since Vietnam.

Under his leadership, Task Unit Bruiser (which included Marc Alan Lee, Michael Monsoor, Jonny Kim, Kevin Lacz, and Chris Kyle) became the most highly decorated Special Operations Unit of the entire war in Iraq and helped bring stability to Ramadi. Jocko was awarded the Bronze Star and a Silver Star.

Upon returning to the United States, Jocko served as the Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams, designing and implementing some of the most challenging and realistic combat training in the world.

[Mike K]

You guys should listen to this interview / podcast that just came out - seriously heavy shit.



For anyone who doesn't know the name, here's Jocko's background:

I'll have to listen to that one later, but Dakota Meyer was on the Cleared Hot podcast talking about his struggles after the MoH. Brings a new perspective to those who receive it.

[Strychnine]

I'll have to listen to that one later, but he was also on the Cleared Hot podcast talking about his struggles after the MoH. Brings a new perspective to it.

For sure. The Andy Stumpf (love that podcast btw) interview was good. Hearing that his MOH resides in his daughter's toybox and he will not wear it was crazy, but also makes sense after hearing him speak... but the Jocko talk... 3 hours. They really get into the shit - to the point that both of them just sit in silence at times. Way more detail than any other interview, to the point that Dakota even talked about when sat in his truck, put a pistol to his head and pulled the trigger, but a friend had unloaded his gun without him knowing, which is the only reason he's still here.

[KBScobravert]

I bought the book Into the Fire sometime after this thread. Great read.

I have been meaning to buy Jacko's book recently.

Bit of update on Dakota Meyers. He and the Palin daughter are separated now.

[no4njnk]

I am not going to ruin why he hates the MOH but I can see where he is coming from. You know during the silence they were seeing the past. They go into the cluster of the decision making, pisses you off that people died because of military politics.

[GE]

Almost 4 hours? geez. TL;DR

[KBScobravert]

You guys should listen to this interview / podcast that just came out - seriously heavy shit.




For anyone who doesn't know the name, here's Jocko's background:

watching it now. thanks for posting.

I need to go back and reread Into the Fire.