carhop

Great tribute!
Subject: Navy Seals






Mike Monsoor,


Was Awarded "The Congressional Medal Of Honor" Last Week,


For Giving His Life In Iraq , As He Jumped On, And Covered With His Body, A Live Hand Grenade,




Saving The Lives Of A Large Group Of Navy Seals That Was Passing By!


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During Mike Monsoor's Funeral,


At Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , In San Diego , California ..


The Six Pallbearers Removed The Rosewood Casket From The Hearse,


And Lined Up On Each Side Of Mike Monsoor's Casket,


Were His Family Members, 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,


Every Navy Seal


(45 To Be Exact)


That Mike Monsoor Saved That Day Was Scattered Through-Out The Column!


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As The Pallbearers Carried The Rosewood Casket


Down The Column Of People To The Grave Side.


The Column Would Collapse..


Which Formed A Group Of People That Followed Behind.


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Every Time The Rosewood Casket Passed A Navy Seal,


He Would Remove His Gold Trident Pin From His Uniform,


And Slap It Down Hard,


Causing The Gold Trident Pin To Embed Itself


Into The Top Of The Wooden Casket!


Then The Navy Seal Would Step Back From The Column, And Salute!


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Now For Those,




Who Don't Know What A Trident Pin Is,


Here Is The Definition!


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After One Completes The Basic Navy Seals Program Which Lasts For Three Weeks,


And Is 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 An Eternal Send-Off For A Warrior Hero!



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I Am Proud Of All The Branches Of Our Military..

sweet

Thank You for posting this!

grandbysquilts

I agree that it should pass on. I will. Thanks. Barbara

Sneed

Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I will proudly pass this on to as many people as I can. Americans need to hear and see this, and then ask themselves...
What would I be willing to die for?

alikat110

Tears are pouring. Thank you for this story. There IS NO GREATER SACRIFICE. His family should be PROUD!!!

carhop

I am sorry the pic's did not transfer it showed the casket with the pins on it a beautiful pic

MTS

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/monsoor.asp

Includes some more information and a picture of the casket.

Jim's Gem

Thank you for sharing this with us!

grayma

I clicked on Facebook from the link. I hope it posted.

twixbar

Thank-you for sharing this, my husband is a retired infintary soldier, I am very proud of him. He has also seen war and I feel very fortunate he is now home with me.