Fiance of fallen Marine enlists to 'finish what he started'

Heroes of the Week: SEAL Team SIX (sort of)

I say sort of becayse there really isn't a SEAL Team Six per se. The actual name and even their existance is classified. However anyone who has ever been stationed at Dam Neck (as I have) know that something exist that has been refered to as Team Six or Dev Group...

Anyway they killed Bin Laden so...they are the heroes of the Week.
Seal Team Six

 

Richard Marcinko created the Team after the failed rescue by Delta Force of the hostages in Iran. Read Rogue Warrior to learn all about it.

Hero of the Week: Valiant German Woman Confronts Radical Islamists

I have a feeling this is going to spread.

Hero of the Week: Jon Blais - The Blazeman

Born and raised in Seekonk, Massachusetts, he moved to San Diego, California, because of its reputation as a mecca for triathlon. He worked as a special education teacher. On May 2, 2005, at age 33, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or "Lou Gehrig's disease"), a progressive disease in which the nerve cells which control voluntary muscle movement degenerate and die off. He was permitted to enter the 2005 Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii, a life-long dream. He is believed to be the first person with ALS to attempt the Hawaii Ironman. As Blais put it, "Finishing the race is huge for me. No one is beating ALS. No one has done anything but walk away and die." With a total time of 16:28:56, more than half an hour before the cutoff, he "log-rolled" across the finish line and is certainly the first person with ALS to finish this race. He died on May 27, 2007.

In our days some international triathletes show their support for the fight against this disease by doing a “Blazeman-Roll” crossing the finish-line.

Here is a quote from a YouTube commenter:

When we think of "tough" we think of Boxing or MMA John Wayne, but the real bad asses are people like Jon Blais who show courage and will in a fight they know they have no chance of winning and there's no trainer or ref to toss in the towel.

The Blazeman Foundation Website

Hero of the Week: Liam Loesch

This week’s hero is Liam Loesch who demonstrated great composure and maturity, well beyond his ten years, when his mother Dana Loesch was injured by falling down the stairs in their St Louis home.

This is how Dana described the incident and Liam’s actions during the aftermath (NOTE this story is paraphrased for brevity and clarity, from Dana’s radio show, by me):

We have hardwood floors in our house and because I am a genius, I decided to wear just my sox and go down our solid wood stairs. As I am going down the stairs; have you ever had one of those whisky tango foxtrot moments, when you are like, what is happening..? Well I happen to look up and my feet are right in front of my face. At this point everything went into slow-mo. I look and I ask myself “why are my feet in front of my face are, they don’t belong there?” Then it hits me, if they are there then they are not on the floor. Then everything surged into real time…and I literally fell down an entire flight of stairs.

I did not hit my head but I did fracture my tailbone… I was carrying a ceramic mug of water that broke. This upset me more than anything else because it was my very first mother’s day gift that Chris [Dana’s husband, owner/producer of Shock City Studios] got at an art fair. Then I realize I am cut up everywhere. I have cuts on my wrists and cuts on my arms. There is water everywhere oh yeah and blood…there was a pool of blood on the stairs, all over the place!

I am home alone with my two boys. My husband was out getting some lunch and was going to be gone about 10-15 minutes. My six year old Ewan was hysterical, screaming and I have tears rolling down my face. I am trying not to freak out, because you can’t be the parent and freak out in front of your kids. So I am like, “ah mommy fell, oh.”

Well Liam, who just turned ten, kicked into Bear Grylls mode and he was like “let me have your phone and I going to call dad I am going to do this…” He got some paper towels. He was wiping up blood. He was like “did you hit your head?” He kept talking to me like he knew exactly what to do. I momentarily forgot how I had nearly split myself in half. I could not believe how he was so methodical, he was so take charge and he was trying to calm Ewan down who was hysterical and talking about how much he hated stairs…

 

Heroes of the Week: World Trade Center SAR Dogs (and their handlers)

Nice Quote from the week following the attacks

"Not enough can be said about the heroic individuals, both bipeds and quadrupeds, who lend their abilities to the security and rescue efforts underway in the wake of last Tuesday's terrorist attack on America...Read More

More Links:
Dogs in the news
Dog Lics
Story of Servus (you will cry)

Heroes of the Week: SEALS of Spartan 01

This week's heroes are the SEALS of Spartan 01 whose heroic stand during operation Red Wings reflected great credit upon themselves and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval service.

LT Michael P. Murphy
STG2 (SEAL) Matthew Axelson
GM2 (SEAL) Danny Dietz
HM1 (SEAL) Marcus Luttrell







Visit the Lone Survivor Foundation and The Boot Campaign

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Hero of the week: SPC Monica Brown

Spc. Monica Brown Awarded Silver Star