'Seth's Pad, 'We Got Some Rough Living'

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Michael Mansour, an army captain in Ramadi Iraq, sought out a priest for confession. Father holiday was 40 years old at the time of his deployment to Ramadi and was an army chaplain with the first, the 506. His main mission was to assist the soldiers of Camp Kregidor to worship according to their own religion and preference. He thought it showed significant religious formation and conviction for Michael to seek him out after only recently arriving in Ramadi.

Jocko and George Monsoor. George Monsoor is the father of Michael Anthony Monsoor (April 5, 1981 – September 29, 2006), a United States Navy SEAL who was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.[1] He enlisted in the United States Navy in 2001 and graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training BUD/S class 250 in 2004. After further training he was assigned to Delta Platoon, SEAL Team 3.

Delta Platoon was sent to Iraq in April 2006 and assigned to train Iraqi Army soldiers in Ramadi. Over the next five months, Monsoor and his platoon frequently engaged in combat with insurgent forces. On September 29, 2006, an insurgent threw a grenade onto a rooftop where Monsoor and several other SEALs and Iraqi soldiers were positioned. Monsoor quickly smothered the grenade with his body, absorbing the resulting explosion and saving his comrades from serious injury or death. Monsoor died about 30 minutes later from wounds caused by the grenade explosion.

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