The Battle of Corretas - A Battle of the Seals

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Mike S watched in disbelief as Michael the only one of them who had an out to escape the blast instead lunged forward dropping directly onto the grenade. Seth's element had heard and seen the two blasts from their overwatch position and were already moving when the call for help came in. The men urgently picked up the pace when they heard the amount of enemy automatic weapons fired that their friends were receiving. They broke out from the main house the main entrance and headed west initially it was all quiet at their position but within 15 seconds of hitting the street all hell broke looseenemy rounds snapped and skipped around them. Mike S could hear the 25 millimeter auto cannons of the Bradley fighting vehicles begin to fire

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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