MARY, OUR MOTHER

From Fr. Bernie OSB: 

I  BET YOU DIDN'T SEE
THIS

IN THE NEWSPAPER OR
ON THE 6 O'CLOCK NEWS"

The Sailor Pictured Below Is,


Navy Petty Officer, PO2 (Petty Officer, Second Class) 


EOD2 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Second Class)


"MIKE MONSOOR"


April 5th, 1981 ~ September 19th, 2009




Mike Monsoor, was awarded "the Congressional Medal of Honor" last week, for giving his life in Iraq, as he jumped on, and covered with his body, a live
hand grenade, that was accidentally dropped by a Navy Seal, saving
the lives of a large group of Navy Seals that was passing by!


During Mike Monsoor's funeral, at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, in San Diego, California.

The six pallbearers removed the rosewood casket from the
hearse, and lined up on each side of Mike Monsoor's casket, were his
family members, friends, fellow sailors, and well-wishers.  The
column of people continued from the hearse, all the way to the grave
site.

What the group didn't know at the time was,
every Navy Seal (45 to be exact) that Mike Monsoor saved that day was
scattered through-out the column!

As the pallbearers carried the rosewood casket down the column of people to the grave side, the column would collapse, forming a group of people that followed behind.

Every time the rosewood casket passed a Navy Seal,
he would remove his gold trident pin from his uniform, and slap it
down hard, causing the gold trident pin to embed itself into
the top of the wooden casket!

Then the Navy Seal would step back from the column, and
salute!

Now for those, (and me) who don't know what a trident pin is, or what it looks like?  Here is the definition and photo! 

After one completes the basic Navy Seal program which lasts for three
weeks, and is followed by Seal qualification training, which is 15 more weeks
of training, necessary to continue improving basic skills and to learn new tactics and techniques, required for an assignment to a Navy Seal
platoon.

After successful completion, trainees are given their Naval Enlisted Code, and are awarded the Navy Seal trident pin.  With this gold pin they are now officially a Navy Seal!  It was said, that you could hear each of the 45 slaps from across the cemetery!


By the time the rosewood casket reached the grave site,
it looked as though it had a gold inlay from the 45 trident
pins that lined the top!




This
Was A Fitting End To An Eternal Send-Off For A Warrior
Hero!


This
Should Be Front-Page News!

Instead
Of The Garbage We Listen To And See Every Day.
~


Here's
A Good Idea!

Since
The Main Stream Media Won't Make This News.


Then
We Choose To Make It News By Forwarding It.


~
I
Am Proud Of All The Branches Of Our Military.

If
You Are Proud Too, Please Pass This On.


~


But
rest assured,


 that the
fine men and women of our military will continue to serve and protect your
freedom and right to do
so!

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