America needs more heroes, we need them for our children, they need to have better people to look up to then rap stars hollering about violence and killing people.
All they have to do is look to Staff Sgt. Jonathon Zapien, a special forces Soldier assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C.
I will paraphrase and quote from the informative military site, www.military.com and I highly suggest stopping by and reading the article in its entirety to learn the values and professionalism we have within our military.
The site, Military.com reports, “Staff Sgt. Zapien, 25, from Houston, Texas, was deployed with the German Special Forces Command to Afghanistan from June to October 2005. While there, he acted as the sole liaison between the German unit and other coalition forces in the region.
He provided communications support, directed air support, went on regular patrols with the unit and on one occasion played an essential part in saving the life of a German soldier who was injured during an improvised explosive device attack, by calling in air and ground medical support.”
“German Minister of Defense Gen. Wolfgang Schneiderhan presented the Ehrenmedaille (honor medal) to Zapien on behalf of the German Special Forces Command. This is the first time German Special Forces has presented an award to a foreign soldier.”
The special operations community tends to breed quite a lot of heroes, it tends to go with the territory of learning not to blink when faced with extreme situations. They are trained to react, think out of the box, complete a task in whichever means necessary to insure the success.
America should be proud of Staff Sgt. Zapien and a big Ranter salute goes his way with all the heartfelt congratulations for a job well done. HOOAH!
I know this soldier's father. (The father is a Vietnam veteran himself.) He has told me stories about Staff Sgt. Zapien's "adventures" over there in Afghanistan and this medal is just a small look at the things he has done. This man is a true American Hero who is fighting for our freedom and taking the bad guys down! Thanks for posting it on your blog.
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