george cross in afganistan, extraordinary courage

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dirtydeeds

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soldiers of all nations do things that are far beyond the imagination of the rest of us

this time it happens to be a british royal marine. next time it will be an american, a french leigionaire or some one from another crew

the canadians, australians, new zealanders and many other crews from many other nations are well know for this sort of madness

and the gurkas? ............... pound for pound, man for man, the shortest and most dangerous ordinary soldiers on the planet

my guess is the spetnaz, navy seals, sas and sbs of a few nations have their fair share of guys who aint no pussys

this sort of courage makes my skin creep

the george cross is very rare, it is less well known than the VC (victoria cross)

here is the 158th winner

bear with it........... the report is less than 3 minutes long (including the 30 second advert)

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/George-Cross-Winner-Lance-Corporal-Matthew-Croucher/Video/200807415051350?lpos=video_9&lid=VIDEO_15051350_George%2BCross%2BWinner%2BLance%2BCorporal%2BMatthew%2BCroucher

 
this topic hasnt raised any comment

positive or negative

its clearly of no interest to the majority of the forum

or

its a waste of time
 
dd,

Certainly not a waste of time.

I saw your post a couple of days ago, just not sure what to say. I am honored to have served my country in uniform.  I was lucky/fortunate/blessed to not see any "action", as it seems to be called so often.

This young man, and other men and women who serve and sacrifice in name of freedom deserve more than the humble thanks from a bunch of carpenters and woodworkers from all sides of the pond.  But it's all I have to offer.

Thanks to all.

Dan

 
dan

now you put it that way, it sort of explains the deafening silence to me

what on earth can a bunch of carpenters say to you or other soldiers of any nation

dd

 
DD,

I suspect that most that read it were touched and had a moments pause....

And then like me decided not to comment, because what the heck can you say?

When faced with that story, I'm not qualified to comment on that mans courage and sacrifice.
 
DD,
  It is indeed moving and so very real. I think that are many more brave young souls who havent earned or won the cross but who we owe our thanks to...over and over again.
 
A buddy of mine that I went to high school with was a Navy SEAL.  I was going to join with him, but injured my back, and they didn't want me, even though they loved the 99 on my ASVAB (the test thingy the military gives you to test certain basic stuff like the ability to read, write, and add, etc - 99 is the top score possible). 

I ran into him a few years later, and he said that he was about to get into school, that he had his full GI bill, full disability pension, etc. etc. etc.  I asked him what happened, and he said that he "blew out his elbow in a training exercise".  Yeah, they don't give guys like that a full ride unless something "interesting" happened.  I knew that no matter how much I prodded him for information, he wasn't really at liberty to discuss what happened.

The point is, even if he had, I wouldn't have been able to truly understand what he was talking about.  Living something like that is a little bit different than seeing it in the movies.

watch
 
An amazing sacrifice he was willing to to. God bless him and his fellow soldiers. He must have had God between him and that grenade. It's time to step back and give thanks for the lives we are allowed to live because of the bravery of all the troops that keep us safe. My prayers are with them.
 
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