While this actually sets a bad example to other soldiers for perceived rewards for disobeying orders, this is...

By
While this actually sets a bad example to other soldiers for perceived rewards for disobeying orders, this is exactly the kind of person the country needs: someone who is willing to do what's right and not what's easy.

SGT Meyer deserves the MoH and rightly so.
http://dsc.discovery.com/life/not-ready-to-publish-soldier-disobeys-orders-and-ends-up-getting-medal-of-honor.html

Comments

Doc Harvard's Variety Show said…
Having been in a similar situation in Desert Storm, though no medal, I respect this guy and the driver. It's a huge internal struggle deciding to violate a direct order knowing that your entire military life can be crushed and by extension, your civilian life. I applaud the both of them.

The pathetic part is in the comments. Instead of focusing on his valor the commenters are more worried about terminology.

I'm Army and served with Marines and Air Force and collectively we were called soldiers. Maybe it was just the people I served with but none of us took it as an offense.
February 27, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Jason ON said…
Doc Harvard, I'm Army too and thought of that when reading this, but it's inconsequential to the point of the story.
February 27, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Doc Harvard's Variety Show said…
Jason ON I agree, which is why I was saddened to read the comments. Support or condemn his actions [ I'm sure some disturbed individual can find some what to condemn them. ] the comments should of been about what he did, not the label of soldier.
February 27, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Pam Boling said…
Bravo to him!! And to both of you for your service!
February 27, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

So, I asked Andrew Tamm, who filled my Stream with a hundred (sarcasm there) animated gifs and cat pictures to...

By
So, I asked Andrew Tamm, who filled my Stream with a hundred (sarcasm there) animated gifs and cat pictures to remove me from whatever Circle he has me in where he posts the animated gifs and cat pictures. It was either that or unfollow him and I didn't see any reason to unfollow him. Me asking https://plus.google.com/112885755521259735422/posts/78dwnvvgh4p <==edited to add the correct link Then he plusses me onto Public posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/EuuR1tnU3vJ https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/8r6Grcm2Jpj https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/74PgSu6iL2s Then one of his friends (or Circlers) starts plussing me into posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/107120198886093172821/posts/gRW9JhWLs5T Don't get me wrong, I'm all about sarcasm and messing with people, but this seems sort of childish to me. Am I the only one who thinks so? So far I have only blocked
Read more

I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend.

By
I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
Read more