Those Seals Aren't to Be Forgotten

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Major halliday was announced and approached the podium to give the invocation he had flown in all the way from korea for the special event. Major general ron klark who is formerly a lieutenant colonel who's now a major general led the first the five oh six red cur he battalion during the battle of ronkati walked commandingly over to the podium. The bravery and sacrifice of these warriors is the highest form of service to our nation at a time when less than one percent of american citizens will ever don the cloth of our nation in her defense, said Halliday.

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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