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Jul 11, 2019
12:16:09pm

East1999 All-American

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East1999

Bio page: East1999
Joined: Apr 16, 2007
Last login: May 15, 2021
Total posts: 16,198 (4,628 FO)

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first ever medal of honor to be recorded in the act.

riboflavin

7/11/19 11:42am

Saw that the other day...very cool

byuguns55

7/11/19 11:43am

I know the MH-47 pilot that was shot down at the end of the footage.

58DCougar

7/11/19 11:58am

agree. i'm very glad i did the military.

riboflavin

7/11/19 12:01pm

Me too and I’ve only got 4 1/2 years to go until

58DCougar

7/11/19 12:09pm

same timeline for me...but I think I'll stay in for another 7 total 😉

byuguns55

7/11/19 1:16pm

Did graduate from BYU? If so what year?

58DCougar

7/12/19 6:47am

2003

byuguns55

7/12/19 6:54am

whoa, I thought you were waaaay older

Supercoug

7/12/19 6:59am

RE: whoa, I thought you were waaaay older

byuguns55

7/12/19 10:58pm

Did you commission through ROTC? I am a 2004 guy.

58DCougar

7/12/19 9:44am

Yep...AFROTC Det 855 baby!

byuguns55

7/12/19 10:58pm

ROTC 2009 here.

7/12/19 7:53am

Branch: Aviation in 2004 and switched to FAO in 2012

58DCougar

7/12/19 11:48am

Branch: Infantry. Got out just before the 7 year mark. I'm in corporate American no, Dalllas area.

7/12/19 11:57am

Greater love. Rest well, young man. You've earned it.

7/11/19 12:07pm

He's an Air Force Master Sergeant which means he's probably in his mid-to-late 30s.

Wingnut

7/11/19 12:09pm

Apparently he was posthumously promoted to the rank of Master Sergeant

Wingnut

7/11/19 12:22pm

He was 36 when he died

kirty

7/11/19 2:37pm

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East1999

7/11/19 12:16pm

they did mention it in the video. if you watch, you'll see they pass by a different deceased US member

byujag

7/11/19 1:20pm

I believe that was the objective of their mission, to retrieve that body.

kirty

7/11/19 2:39pm

My question here is whey they didn't use that air support first. If they knew

Thrill

7/11/19 5:11pm

they probably did so the talibs simply survived in the bunkers. once that happened, the clearing of air space would

macaroni

7/12/19 2:48am

I didn't realize it was 2002...everyone was still so combat inexperienced then.

7/12/19 7:55am

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