Military Heroes

I was curious to see what all has been written in regards to highlighting our military heroes and came across this website: http://ourmilitaryheroes.defense.gov/  The site includes photos of military service members and a quick bio about them (very baseball card style - in a nice way).

I came across a post, "To Honor A Military Hero" on the Amazing Salvation blog.  I loved the story and I think you will too...

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 did not 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. Which formed 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.

What is a Navy Seal Trident Pin?
After one completes the basic Navy Seals 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, the Seal is awarded the Navy Seal Trident Pin. With this pin they are officially Navy Seal's.

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 thought it had a gold inlay from the 45 Trident Pins That Lined the top!