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9 August 2013, 22:45
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Ty Carter
Local soldier receives MOH.
Awesome to see this. As a member of the PGR I have been to many local services for guys KIA. Read/heard the stories and am always in awe of our troops, I always talk to the honor guard guys after the service. Stories that go untold to the masses... Here is one that is getting press. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...d-medal-honor/ 
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10 August 2013, 16:04
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Outstanding!
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13 August 2013, 15:41
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And Semper Fi. Carter was a Marine before he joined the Army. He gets a lot of attention in Jake Tapper's book The Outpost. One of the most memorable parts of that book, for me, was the description of Carter trying to cut down a burning tree with a chainsaw during the attack.
I'm glad to see Carter get the recognition he deserves. Chris
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13 August 2013, 16:41
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15 August 2013, 11:07
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16 August 2013, 10:24
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26 August 2013, 22:40
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Good on that young man!
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"History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are always reinterpreted when values change. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices." -Bill Watterson
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27 August 2013, 08:43
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Thank you for your service. More info on this Soldier :
http://www.lewis-mcchord.army.mil/7id/carterbio.htm : SSG Ty Michael Carter Medal of Honor Recipient Ty Michael Carter was born in Spokane, Wash., in January 1980, and moved to California’s Bay Area in 1981. In 1991, his family moved back to Spokane, where he graduated from North Central High School in 1998. Carter enlisted in the Marine Corps Oct. 13 1998, and attended the Marine Corps Combat Engineer School. He later served in Okinawa, Japan, as an intelligence clerk. Carter showed promise in weapons’ marksmanship and was sent to Primary Marksmanship Instructor School in 1999. He served two short training deployments; one to San Clemente Island, Calif., and the other to Egypt, for Operation Bright Star. Carter was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps, Oct. 12, 2002. After his enlistment, Carter enrolled in college and studied biology at Los Medonos Community College in California. After his first daughter’s birth and some time traveling the United States, Carter realized he was destined for further service in the military. Carter enlisted in the U.S. Army Jan. 3, 2008, to attend the Cavalry Scout Basic Training Course at Fort Knox, Ky. In April 2008, he was sent to Fort Carson, Colo., to join 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. In May of 2009, Carter deployed for 12 months to Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. In October 2010, Carter was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., and joined Alpha Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. In May 2012, he deployed to Kandahar City, Afghanistan. In addition to the Medal of Honor, Carter’s military awards include the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal (with 4 oak leaf clusters), the Army Achievement Medal (with 2 oak leaf clusters), the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Navy/Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal (with two campaign stars), the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (with numeral 2 device), the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the NATO Medal, the Combat Action Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge, and the Air Assault Badge. He is also authorized to wear the Valorous Unit Award and the Meritorious Unit Commendation. Carter is currently stationed as a staff noncommissioned officer with the 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. He lives in Washington State with his wife, Shannon, and their three children
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Fear IT is a LIAR....... Last edited by agonyea; 27 August 2013 at 08:47. Reason: give credit to website
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27 August 2013, 12:49
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Semper Fi.
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28 August 2013, 08:34
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Latest info on SSG Carter:
MoH recipient Carter inducted into Pentagon Hall of Heroes Aug. 27, 2013 - 04:58PM | http://www.*********.com/article/201...on-Hall-Heroes By Michelle Tan Staff Writer By his own admission, Staff Sgt. Ty Carter had trouble fitting in when he first arrived at Black Knight Troop. He was too serious, “socially clueless” and intent on befriending the other soldiers by asking them questions such as “if the sky fell, would we be taller?” Some soldiers answered him, while others rolled their eyes or wondered why he’d “ask such a stupid question,” he said. His wife, Shannon, “is always telling me to loosen up. If she was around [then], I’d be Mr. Popularity, but instead, I was Mr. Wheat Bread,” Carter said during a speech that was both funny and poignant during a ceremony Tuesday at the Pentagon. Carter, of B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, received the Medal of Honor from President Obama on Monday. On Tuesday, the soldier, 33, was inducted into the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes. Carter is one of two soldiers honored for their actions during the fierce October 2009 battle at Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan. He and former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha are the first two surviving soldiers since the Vietnam War to receive the nation’s highest award for valor for actions in the same battle. On the morning of Oct. 3, 2009, Carter said during his speech, “the sky fell.” “That morning I didn’t even have the time to put on the proper clothes,” he said. “I was in my PJs and body armor when I realized this wasn’t just harassing fire.” He and his fellow soldiers “quickly felt the weight of a Taliban force three to four times our size,” he said. “They seemed to know exactly what we would do, but they were wrong.” His fellow soldiers fought back, and felt the “pure, untainted sense of brotherhood that the men and women of America’s Army feel for their battle buddies,” he said. That bond shared by men and women who “face the impossible” is both a blessing and a curse, Carter said, choking back tears. “I am blessed in the knowledge that for a few moments on a battlefield far from home, I connected with a young man,” he said, referring to Spc. Stephan Mace. Carter is credited with braving enemy fire to reach a badly wounded Mace and carrying him to safety. Mace later died from his wounds. “I am cursed by his voice, a voice that his mother will never hear again,” Carter said. “His face, a face that will never smile again. His blood, blood that will never fully wash away. Spc. Stephan Mace and I weren’t very close before the battle, but his cries, ‘help me, help me, please,’ today make me feel like I’ve known him forever. He needed me, a guy that most people didn’t really get. He trusted me.” It didn’t matter that the two weren’t close, Carter said. “I didn’t need to know anything else about him except he was suffering,” Carter said. “When his eyes met mine, we were family.” One of his biggest regrets, Carter said, speaking to Mace’s mother, Vanessa Adelson, who was in the audience, is not being able to do more for her son. “I’m sorry we were not able to bring your son home, to laugh with you and go hunting in South Africa with his best friend, and, of course, get more tattoos,” he said. “I’m sorry.” The battle at COP Keating forever changed the men who fought there, Carter said. “The toll was high,” he said. “Eight soldiers died there and another later. More than half of us were wounded, and almost everyone was left with deep, invisible wounds to their hearts and minds. These are the unlikely heroes of COP Keating. ... So if you ever ask, if the sky fell, would you get taller? The answer: ‘Hell, yes — I’m an American soldier.’
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Fear IT is a LIAR....... Last edited by agonyea; 28 August 2013 at 08:36. Reason: Give credit to website
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