Clint Romesha

[Rucker61]

Hero.

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/11/epic-combat-valor-soldier-to-receive-medal-of-honor/

[Ronin13]

Awesome! Good for him. And he's only the 4th living Iraq/Afghan vet to get it... We used to joke that there was really no way to get an MOH, no matter what we did, unless we were KIA. Good to see someone who the president has to salute.

[Kraven251]

Awesome! Good for him. And he's only the 4th living Iraq/Afghan vet to get it... We used to joke that there was really no way to get an MOH, no matter what we did, unless we were KIA. Good to see someone who the president has to salute.

Damn straight.

[griebel303]

That is awesome! A true american bad ass

[bside303]

Hero

[airborneranger]

3-61 CAV was our sister BN during that fateful day in Afghanistan. That was truly an intense firefight. It lasted about 8 hours. The craziness of it that it was fought by 2 LTs and sergeants which goes to prove greatness of our Army. The troop commander was back at the Squadron Headquarters because his helicopter was hit by ground fire the day before. The commanders switched out about 10-14 days prior to the assault. Both the old and new CDR worked for me as my assistant operations officer.

All of those men who fought that day were heroes. The Afghan Soldiers abandoned their posts from the very beginning which compromised about half of the main outpost. Our guys had to fight their way back through the Afghan side in order to secure the outpost.

The tragic part of it was that we were shutting that place down. Our guys were literally leaving the next week. The toll we put on the Taliban was tremendous. I was told that the stench of their bodies was pretty bad.

Anywho, I am glad to see another hero recognized.

[Fmedges]

Bad ass, I see it only took 4 years to award it.

[Rucker61]

3-61 CAV was our sister BN during that fateful day in Afghanistan. That was truly an intense firefight. It lasted about 8 hours. The craziness of it that it was fought by 2 LTs and sergeants which goes to prove greatness of our Army. The troop commander was back at the Squadron Headquarters because his helicopter was hit by ground fire the day before. The commanders switched out about 10-14 days prior to the assault. Both the old and new CDR worked for me as my assistant operations officer.

All of those men who fought that day were heroes. The Afghan Soldiers abandoned their posts from the very beginning which compromised about half of the main outpost. Our guys had to fight their way back through the Afghan side in order to secure the outpost.

The tragic part of it was that we were shutting that place down. Our guys were literally leaving the next week. The toll we put on the Taliban was tremendous. I was told that the stench of their bodies was pretty bad.

Anywho, I am glad to see another hero recognized.


Good to hear from you, sir. 8 hours of firefight? How do you manage ammo for something like that?

[airborneranger]

Bad ass, I see it only took 4 years to award it.

He was put in for the MOH pretty quick. He was the one leading the fight back to where the wounded Soldiers were at, literally putting the wood to the Taliban.

This entire thing was mucked up by an investigation as to why we were there and who approved it. They also looked at the Troop Commander and the actions he took prior to the fight. To put this place in perspective, these boys were getting shot at everyday.

[airborneranger]

Good to hear from you, sir. 8 hours of firefight? How do you manage ammo for something like that?

I wasn't there, I was at my TOC (tactical operations center) listening to the fight on the satellite radios. I did have the former commander in my TOC listening as this went on. I felt bad for him because they couldn't get to the KIA kids for hours and hours so they were initially reported as MIA until they were able to get to their bodies.

There was also an Apache Troop Commander (CPT) who flew the shit out of his birds that day. He would fly his Apache until he ran out of ammo or was full of holes, fly back and get in another bird. He did that for 8 hours straight.

The management of this fight was tremendous. This was a coordinated attack by over 200 Taliban. I believe that the troop had about 45 boots on the ground that day. One element was at the LP/OP with a mortar up top and the rest remained in the valley. The initial attack began with volley fires of RPGs which accounted for the majority of the KIAs. The LT in the valley was about as calm and professional as you could ask for. He was calling in air strikes and directing his troops. The troops fought like hell and drove the Taliban off the out post. It is reported that the outpost was overrun but that is a little inflated. They occupied the Afghan portion of the outpost but they never got to the US side.

The outpost burned to the ground that day/night. The boys lost everything in that fight.

[Ronin13]

Just thought I'd update everyone- Barry Sotoro-Obummer invited SSG Romesha to the State of the Union tonight (invitees get the privilege *gag* of sitting next to *gag* Moochelle)... the young MOH recipient? DECLINED!!! [ROFL1]
http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/12/medal-of-honor-winner-declines-obamas-state-of-the-union-invite/