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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.
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.
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]
The Navy announced on 29 October 2008 that DDG 1001 would be named for Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, the second Navy SEAL to receive the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Ramadi (2006) [42] in the Iraq War. Monsoor had deliberately fallen upon a grenade to reduce danger to his SEAL teammates.
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.
U.S. Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the battle. On September 29, 2006, he threw himself upon a grenade which threatened the lives of the other members of his team. Monsoor had previously been awarded the Silver Star in May for rescuing an injured comrade in the city.
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.
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]