PO2 (EOD2) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal
of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq, giving his life to save his fellow Seals.
During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San
Diego, as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, SEALs were lined
up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of two's, with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike's coffin
passed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.
The slaps
were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay
from all the Tridents pinned to it.
This was a fitting send-off
for a warrior hero.
This
should be front-page news instead of the junk we see everyday.
Since the media won’t make this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding
it onto you guys. I am damn proud of our military. Rest assured that these fine men and women of our military will continue
to serve and protect.