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2021-07-03 -Land of the Free

Army upgrades awards for 'Black Hawk Down' special operators

[FoxNews] The U.S. Army is upgrading the combat awards for 60 veterans who served in Operation Gothic Serpent in 1993, a battle in Somalia more commonly known as "Black Hawk Down" for its pop culture portrayals.

Fifty-eight of the service members who fought in the battle will see their awards upgraded to Silver Stars while the other two will be upgraded to Distinguished Flying Crosses, according to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.

"On the afternoon of Oct. 3, [1993] armed militants shot down two MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, after which U.S. ground forces converged on the two downed aircraft to recover the personnel," an Army press release read. "The ensuing intense firefight resulted in the loss of 18 American Soldiers and remains an especially significant point in the history of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Special Operations Command specifically."

The upgrades happened after former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy directed the board in charge of such awards to revisit awards that had already been issued.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 For what purpose ?

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-03 00:16|| 2021-07-03 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Photo Op for the political overseers: Potemkin All The Way Down.

Posted by magpie 2021-07-03 00:21|| 2021-07-03 00:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps, but I seen dis movie, and there was a lot of heroics.

Posted by Bobby 2021-07-03 03:25|| 2021-07-03 03:25|| Front Page Top

#4 I guess the upgrades were a compromise to the decision to head back to Somalia.

Posted by Airandee 2021-07-03 06:15|| 2021-07-03 06:15|| Front Page Top

#5 ...but, but, more whites will get that than you know who. Gotta be racist! (do I need to put a /sarc on that?)

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-07-03 07:24|| 2021-07-03 07:24|| Front Page Top

#6 eye patches free rum for life and pirate ship shaped garbage cans at the va and a harem of disease infested somali crack whores!

Posted by Sluse Grealet9429 2021-07-03 08:36|| 2021-07-03 08:36|| Front Page Top

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