OK, seriously, my "Follow" buttons have not been working since I got on this site. I'm still following just the one blog, because I can't seem to follow anyone else. I've tried the Help forums, which is fine, if you want to wait...say, a matter of months before anyone gets back to you, but otherwise, I can't get them to work.
Man, whatever.
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In early 2008, twenty of our loyal soldiers found themselves ambushed by a group of insurgents, 150 strong, as they opened fire on our troops. It's at this point I'd like to remind you of a certain video I put up, where our Marines are reduced to a crying wreck...
Sadly for America's enemies overseas, this was not the case for Sergeant J. Miller, a Green Beret and elite special forces operative who happened to put the "elite" and "force" in "elite special forces." Caught in the hail of enemy gunfire, he ordered his group to fall back before jumping out in an attempt to lure the insurgents' fire away from his comrades, all while unleashing hell on the terrorist sums-o'-bitches.
The Epoch Times gives a breakdown of the skirmish, which took place in a remote mountain region in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan. A routine combat operation (at least, as "routine" as a combat operation can get in the war on terror) went south as a group of Green Berets found themselves ambushed by Taliban operatives. Their team leader, one Captain Robert Cusick, was wounded in the exchange, leaving Miller to assume command. After ordering his teammates to fall back, he provided what can succinctly be described as a "diversion," drawing fire from approximately 100 terrorist sumbitches and giving his comrades a chance to escape.
Literally, a hundred-to-one odds. What have you done lately to serve your country?
At some point in the exchange he was apparently struck, as would be expected when you are actively trying to draw enemy fire away from your comrades. Even as he was shredded by enemy fire, though, he continued to throw grenades at the enemy and call out their positions to his comrades. His wounds finally took their toll, though; out of the two dozen operatives on his team, he was the only one to die. Two of his comrades managed to brave the enemy fire and were there with him during his final moments.
His parents were invited to Washington D.C. earlier this week, presumably so Obama could confirm whether or not that kind of badass runs in the blood. His family and teammates were present at the October 6 ceremony at the White House. In honor of their son's courageous actions, the President presented to his parents the Medal of Honor:
"It has been said that courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. For Rob Miller, the testing point came nearly three years ago, deep in a snowy Afghan valley. But the courage he displayed that day reflects every virtue that defined his life."
His mother, speaking on behalf of the fallen hero, said, "When we learned about the details of what Robby had done to receive the Medal of Honor nomination, we weren't surprised..."
Oh, it has to run in the family...
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