Thursday, December 11, 2008

News and notes

Baby boomlet: We've had this story up before but NBC News had a "feel good" piece on the Ft. Bragg baby boom. It's still a neat story.

The Fayetteville Observer covered the Special Forces awards ceremony yesterday:

By Henry Cuningham
Military editor

Staff Sgt. Morgan Ford had never been in combat before Nov. 2, 2007, when he was manning a .50-caliber machine gun on a truck, and his unit came under attack in Afghanistan.

“That was the first time I had ever been shot at,” Ford said. “It was an experience. I wouldn’t say I was scared. I think I was ready for it.”

On Wednesday, Ford received a Bronze Star for valor for that incident and two Purple Hearts for his service in Afghanistan with the 3rd Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg.

Ford, a 22-year-old communications sergeant, received three of the 116 combat-related awards given to 3rd Group soldiers at a ceremony at John F. Kennedy Auditorium, adjacent to the JFK Special Warfare Center and School.

The rest of the story can be found here.

And I am happy to say that I found an Army SGT asleep on the couch this a.m. He has a four day pass and got home of the really nasty weather that soaking the Beaches today.

2 comments:

MightyMom said...

YEEEHAW!!

Glad you got to come home Sgt Mark!!

enjoy your time off.

ABNPOPPA said...

Fantastic,

Ask him if I get a Topps Trading card if he will autograph it for me. The last autograph I got was Babe Ruth's

Just kidding, I am not quite that old.

What is this yeehaw thing with MM. Must be something only Texan's do! LOL LOL

Pops