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-Land of the Free
Biden to award Medal of Honor to three US soldiers including Army Ranger who died protecting a U.S. helicopter from attack, a Special Forces soldier who fought insurgents in Afghanistan and a Sergeant who died rescuing soldiers from burning vehicle
2021-12-14
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor to Sgt Alwyn C. Cashe, Sgt Christopher A. Celiz and Sgt Earl D. Plumlee on December 16

  • All three members of the U.S. army are being rewarded for conspicuous gallantry

  • Cashe will become the first Black U.S. service member to receive the Medal of Honor for actions in the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan

  • Cashe is being reward post-humous recognition after suffering mortal injuries in Iraq while rescuing fellow soldiers from a burning vehicle in 2005

  • Plumlee, who remains alive, fought off Taliban suicide bombers in Afghanistan in 2013

  • Celiz died after stepping between Taliban fighters targeting a U.S. helicopter evacuating his fellow soldiers in 2018

  • By law, Medals of Honor must be awarded within five years of the combat action recognized

  • However, Congress passed legislation earlier this year for additional consideration for Cashe, Plumlee and two other soldiers
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Posted by:Skidmark

#8  Or fall asleep.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-14 23:58  

#7  Will Biden check his watch during the presentation ceremony?
Posted by: Matt   2021-12-14 17:05  

#6  Not denigrating in any way the honor and sacrifice of those to be honored,but the timing in the midst of Biden polling disaster is highly suspect.
I have no doubt that these bottom-feeders will use every public ceremony of dignity and honor as a photo op for positive media coverage and preening by that senile clown puppet of the Kalorama Kompound Central Committee. They are beneath contempt.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-12-14 12:22  

#5   I am puzzled by the DoD's reluctance to recognize this.

Busy.

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Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-14 09:36  

#4  Nowadays, any time I see the phrase "first black/woman/gay/lez/weirdo to _____", I am immediately suspicious of that person's qualifications, assuming they identify as a person, of course. But reading about SFC Cashe, he sounds like the real deal. I am puzzled by the DoD's reluctance to recognize this.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-12-14 09:15  

#3  ...The effort to get SFC Cashe a richly deserved MOH has been underway for some time now - IIRC at least since the Obama Administration - with DoD being curiously unwilling to consider it.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-12-14 07:50  

#2  
It is a petty that their recognition of Heroism will always be tainted with the Biden name and its suspected political application with Mid-terms hopes already deep down the drain.

BTW: It was President Donald Trump that signed into law H.R. 8276, which authorizes the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Cashe and others.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-12-14 06:31  

#1  Anything for a vote.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-14 00:14  

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