Silver Star

New Silver Star Citation details corpsman’s 4 harrowing runs through gunfire to save Marines

By Gina Harkins on March 13, 2014 Afghanistan, Awards

This post is from our friends at Navy Times. You can check out the full story in Monday’s issue of Marine Corps Times. His squad had come under heavy fire – and was likely to face it again. On June 22, 2012, Hospitalman Zackery Penner had risked life and limb to rush to care for a Marine shot during an patrol in Afghanistan with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines. The Marine died due to the severity of his wound, a toll that hung heavy on the company. On June 23, the squad was helping Afghan soldiers clear a compound when they…

Wounded Silver Star Marine had unfortunate experience on domestic flight

By Gina Harkins on May 9, 2013 Afghanistan, Awards, Camp Lejeune, Marines

A wounded warrior who was awarded the nation’s third highest honor for valor last week is the same injured Marine Delta Airlines issued a public apology to in December after staff members embarrassed him on a flight. Cpl. Christian Brown, a former squad leader with 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, was awarded the Silver Star aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Friday. He is credited with heroic actions during the unit’s 2011 deployment to Afghanistan. On Dec. 7, Brown responded when a designated marksman was critically wounded in the head, calling in a medevac and leading his squad to where it was safe for…

Marines release gritty photo of bleeding Silver Star recipient

By Dan Lamothe on July 14, 2012 Afghanistan, Awards, Infantry, Marjah

Friday morning, I interviewed Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Cole, the Marine Corps’ newest Silver Star recipient. He received the award Tuesday at Camp Lejeune, N.C., for heroism in Marjah, Afghanistan, on Aug. 17, 2010. Cole’s actions speak for themselves. As a machine gunner with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, he took an M240B machine gun from a fellow Marine who was wounded, abandoning cover to engage insurgents who were less than 100 meters away. He was eventually shot twice in the arm, leaving him gushing blood from his brachial artery. The Marine Corps released its account of the firefight here, and my…

Fuel TV posts profile of former Marine and UFC fighter Brian Stann

By James Sanborn on March 21, 2012 Battle Rattle, Infantry, Iraq, Mixed marital arts, Sports, Veterans, Wounded warriors

Fuel TV has posted the Brian Stann profile that aired last night. In it, the former Marine officer turned pro-MMA fighter recounts his time in Iraq including a six-day battle for which he was awarded the Silver Star. [HTML1]

Former Marine Brian Stann profiled on UFC Ultimate Insider

By James Sanborn on March 21, 2012 Iraq, Mixed marital arts, Veterans

Last night, UFC Ultimate Insider on Fuel TV profiled Marine Captain turned pro fighter Brian Stann. For those of you who missed it, UFC.com should post the entire episode online later this week. Check back for a link. In the meantime, watch the trailer. In it Stann talks not just about his UFC career, but about his time in Iraq where he was awarded the Silver Star for a pitched six day battle in 2005. He and his unit — 2nd Mobile Assault Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines — held a critical bridge after being ambushed by insurgents from all…

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