Newsworthy Hero

I BET YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS   IN THE NEWSPAPER OR ON THE EVENING NEWS!     The Sailor Pictured Below Is PO2   (Navy Petty Officer, Second Class)   EOD2   (Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Second Class)   MIKE MONSOOR   April 5th, 1981 ~ September 29th, 2009       Mike Monsoor   Was Awarded The Congressional Medal Of Honor Recently   For Giving His Life In Iraq.   He Jumped On A Live Hand Grenade,   Saving The Lives Of A Large Group Of Navy Seals Passing By!   ~   During Mike Monsoor's Funeral   At Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, In San Diego   Six Pallbearers Removed The Rosewood Casket From The Hearse.   Lined Up On Each Side Of Mike Monsoor's Casket   Were His Family, Friends, Fellow Sailors, And Well-wishers.   The Column Of People Continued From The Hearse, All The Way To The Grave Site.   What The Group Didn't Know At The Time Was That   Every Navy Seal   (45 To Be Exact)   That Mike Monsoor Saved Was Scattered Throughout The Column!   ~   As The Pallbearers Carried The Rosewood Casket   Down The Column Of People To The Grave Site,   The Column Would Collapse,   Forming A Group Of People That Followed Behind.   ~   Every Time The Rosewood Casket Passed A Navy Seal,   He Would Remove His Gold Trident Pin From His Uniform,   And Slap It Down Hard,   Embedding It In The Top Of The Wooden Casket!   Then The Seal Would Step Back From The Column, And Salute!   ~   Now For Those          Who Don't Know What A Trident Pin Is:     The Basic Navy Seals Program Lasts For Three Weeks,   Followed By Seal Qualification Training,   Which Is 15 More Weeks Of Training,   Necessary To Continue Improving Basic Skills And To Learn New Tactics And Techniques,   Required For An Assignment To A Navy Seal Platoon.   After successful completion,   Trainees Are Given Their Naval Enlisted Code,   And Are Awarded The Navy Seal Trident Pin.   With This Gold Pin They Are Now Officially Navy Seals!   It Was Said That   You Could Hear Each Of The 45 Slaps From Across The Cemetery!   By The Time The Rosewood Casket Reached The Grave Site,   It Looked As Though It Had A Gold Inlay From The 45 Trident Pins That Lined The Top!       This Was A Fitting End To A Final Send-Off For A War Hero! ~   This Should Be Front-Page News   Instead Of The Garbage We Hear And See Every Day! ~   Here's A Good Idea!   Since The Main Stream Media Won't Make This News   We Will Make It News By Forwarding It...   ~ I Am Proud Of All The Branches Of Our Military...   If You Are Proud Too, Please Pass This E-Mail On.   ~   If Not,   Then Delete This E-Mail.

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