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Michael A. Monsoor's Medal of Honor pictured with the Navy Special Warfare (SEAL) Trident. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as automatic weapons gunner for Naval Special Warfare Task Group Arabian Peninsula, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on 29 September 2006.
Michael Monsoor was delivered to the Navy in April 2018, [16] and commissioned on 26 January 2019, at Naval Air Station North Island. [3] She is homeported at Naval Base San Diego. [3] Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday visited Michael Monsoor while in San Diego on 25 February 2021. [17] Michael Monsoor participated in RIMPAC 2022. [18]
Medal of Honor: 3rd Battalion 7th Marines: April 22, 2004 [1] Husaybah: Falling on a grenade to save nearby Marines in Karabilah. [1] Michael Monsoor * Master-at-Arms Second Class: Medal of Honor: SEAL Team 3: September 29, 2006 [2] Ramadi (Second Battle) Falling on a grenade to save nearby sailors. [2]
Seven service members have received the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq; five from the Army, one from the Marine Corps and one from the Navy. Paul Ray Smith was the first to receive it for his actions on April 4, 2003, when he held enemy forces back, allowing other wounded soldiers to be evacuated to safety.
The last non-combat Navy Medal of Honor was awarded in 1945, although the Department of the Navy attempted to award a non-combat Medal of Honor as late as the Korean War. [100] Official accounts vary, but generally, the Medal of Honor for combat was known as the "Tiffany Cross", after the company that designed the medal .
Wow, that was like over a year ago. I have looked at the article just now and it appears that you have done a lot of good work on it. A few notes that I have: The Other Honors section and the USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) section are repetative. Also, I don't see any references for the Medal of Honor citation or the Silver Star citation.
The Last Full Measure is a 2019 American war drama film written and directed by Todd Robinson.It follows the efforts of fictional Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman and many veterans to see the Medal of Honor awarded to William H. Pitsenbarger, a United States Air Force Pararescueman who flew in helicopter rescue missions during the Vietnam War to aid downed soldiers and pilots.
The Michael J. Estocin Award was created by the U.S. Navy to recognize meritorious achievement by a strike fighter squadron. The award, originally sponsored by the McDonnell Douglas corporation, is a trophy with a polished black stone base and an 18-inch (46 cm) stainless steel ribbon topped with a stylized model of a strike fighter aircraft.