But fear is no match for my Faith. And while there is no way that a steel and iron ship can ever replace the flesh and blood that was Michael Monsoor, at the same time, there is no more fitting memorial to him than a warship. Bush awards Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL The Moving Funeral of Petty Officer Mike Monsoor-Truth! SEAL snipers from his roof engaged two of them which resulted in one enemy wounded in action and one enemy killed in action. Rea: It did after and he was able to say that to them when they met him after he had passed away. Even before I jumped into really writing the story, I had no idea that he quit BUD/S once. BY HIS UNDAUNTED COURAGE, FIGHTING SPIRIT, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO DUTY IN THE FACE OF CERTAIN DEATH, PETTY OFFICER MONSOOR GALLANTLY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY, THEREBY REFLECTING GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. He was not afraid. BECOMING COUSTEAU Liz Garbus, Dan Cogan; COW Andrea Arnold, Kat Mansoor; FLEE Jonas Poher Rasmussen. This voice says to me: I am patrolling through the streets of Ramadi. Monsoors body shielded the others from the brunt of the fragmentation blast and two other SEALs were only wounded by the remaining blast.. Just like Marine Corps Sgt Rafael Peralta before him he jumped on a grenade to save the lives of the other Navy Seals in his snipers nest:. Did you get that sense? After further training he was assigned to Delta Platoon, SEAL Team 3. On April 8, 2008, Monsoor was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously officiated by President George W. Bush in a ceremony at the White House . Mission and Vision. I mean, you can imagine Michael who gave everything he had to have to hang up and quit and ring that bell and be viewed by all of his classmates as a quitter. She was 94 years old. Rose Rea: Yes, it is a powerful one. An incredible athlete, Mike enjoyed snowboarding, body boarding, spear fishing, motorcycle riding, and driving his Corvette. The 25-year-old California native died in 2006 . Thank-you for raising such a great son. Michael A. Monsoor and Operation Kentucky Jumper US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (19812006), Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor, Garden Grove High School Memorial Stadium. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Demitrius J. Williams). Fausone: Go ahead and set us up for what happened on September 29, 2006 when Michael and three other snipers were there. You talk in the book about how he got into sports - hockey and football - and pushed himself to overcome this medical challenge. Fausone: One of the things you talk about is as Michael was going through and became a SEAL, he wanted to go on to sniper school. ALTHOUGH ONLY HE COULD HAVE ESCAPED THE BLAST, PETTY OFFICER MONSOOR CHOSE INSTEAD TO PROTECT HIS TEAMMATES. Give us a little bit about how George is thinking about this, how the rest of the family is thinking about this? Acting as the senior leader by leading a team of 3. Can you talk to us a little bit about learning that part of the story, which I suspect his parents knew nothing about when he was over in Iraq? Michael Monsoor, a Navy Seal, sacrificed his life for his buddies on Sept 29th. George's son, Michael, is a recipient of the Medal of Honor and we're going to tell Michael's story.
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