Though he, like all true heroes, refuses the title…but hero he is:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Marine Embedded Training Team 2-8, Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on 8 September 2009. Corporal Meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with two platoons of Afghan National Army and Border Police into the village of Ganjgal for a pre-dawn meeting with village elders. Moving into the village, the patrol was ambushed by more than 50 enemy fighters firing rocket propelled grenades, mortars, and machine guns from houses and fortified positions on the slopes above. Hearing over the radio that four U.S. team members were cut off, Corporal Meyer seized the initiative. With a fellow Marine driving, Corporal Meyer took the exposed gunner’s position in a gun-truck as they drove down the steeply terraced terrain in a daring attempt to disrupt the enemy attack and locate the trapped U.S. team. Disregarding intense enemy fire now concentrated on their lone vehicle, Corporal Meyer killed a number of enemy fighters with the mounted machine guns and his rifle, some at near point blank range, as he and his driver made three solo trips into the ambush area. During the first two trips, he and his driver evacuated two dozen Afghan soldiers, many of whom were wounded. When one machine gun became inoperable, he directed a return to the rally point to switch to another gun-truck for a third trip into the ambush area where his accurate fire directly supported the remaining U.S. personnel and Afghan soldiers fighting their way out of the ambush. Despite a shrapnel wound to his arm, Corporal Meyer made two more trips into the ambush area in a third gun-truck accompanied by four other Afghan vehicles to recover more wounded Afghan soldiers and search for the missing U.S. team members. Still under heavy enemy fire, he dismounted the vehicle on the fifth trip and moved on foot to locate and recover the bodies of his team members. Corporal Meyer’s daring initiative and bold fighting spirit throughout the 6-hour battle significantly disrupted the enemy’s attack and inspired the members of the combined force to fight on. His unwavering courage and steadfast devotion to his U.S. and Afghan comrades in the face of almost certain death reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
As long as we’ve got men like Sgt. Meyer, we’ve got a country.
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A real Marine, not some FAKE POS never was community agitator.
like you?
tommyturban
A real Marine
Yup
and you akbar?
neo,
you’re no marine. if you are, you’re a stain on marines.
as for me? no thanks, I am educated and would rather work in the private sector making money and paying taxes so that the dumb kids can go die for a bunch of Afghanis.
Don’t you have kids in the Marines neo? ooops!
In a thread of this nature Thomas cannot disguise his hatred for those that have the ability to put something other than themselves first. Appealing to this blog that his education is predominate and therefore too smart to serve. The US Marines are highly educated exceeding that of the US population including you but while you sit at home playing pocket pool with your little balls—we earn our brass ones every day of the week.
How could I possibly figure that out from your limited post? Could it be that you are too ignorant to figure out what is wrong with the same—it is against Federal law. Obviously Mr. Whiz Kid could not figure that one out. Remember one thing—another saying amongst Marines. “Best Friend ~ Worst Enemy” and decide that before a Marine runs across your dying body in the gutter of your preconceived utopia. After that last response—I would twist the knife in your chest to finish what other idiots of your educated class failed to do the first time around.
Have a good evening.
ha. what an idiot reply. you live in dream land huh?
you sure about the little tidbit about marines being more educated than me? or the general populace?
you’re good at making up facts.
have a good evening grandpa.
Semper Fi Sgt. Job well done.
“As long as we’ve got men like Sgt. Meyer, we’ve got a country.”
I could not agree more.
Mark,
is it fun to rile up the fake marines on this site for a little article like this?
The truth is, we have been in Afghanistan for a decade now, and it’s not better. This is one of the places I disagree with the President. I wish we would get out of there and bring the soldiers home. They could go and protect the border, or in case of neo and green, protect suburbia from the eeeevil flash mobs.
not to mention, the world sees our soldiers as killers….the sooner we get them home, the fewer of them die.
Thomas,
No patriot cares how the world views our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines.
Mark
only arab scum does
Well, Thomas, why don’t you just go join the world then?
YOu obviously have no real desire to be here, as you want to turn into into Europe.