Ken Berwitz

My very dear friend Bob just sent me this.  I am passing it along to you in the hope that you feel the same way about it that he and I do.  And that you pass it along as I have. 

Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor 
 
  PO2 (EOD2)(Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq , giving his life to save his fellow Seals.
 
 During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San Diego , as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, SEAL's were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of two's, with the coffin moving up the center.  As Mike's coffin passed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from
 his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin . 
 
  The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the  coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it.  This was a fitting send-off for a warrior hero .
 
 This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every day.
 
 Since the media won't make this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding it onto you guys. I am damn proud of our military. If you are proud too, please pass this on.  If not then rest assured that these fine men and women of our military will continue to serve and  protect.

Keep in mind that this act of bravery occurred OVER TWO YEARS AGO (September, 2006).  And I'm betting you never heard of him.

Pass it along.  Please.