Mike
Monsoor,
Was
Awarded "The Congressional Medal Of Honor" Last
Week,
For
Giving His Life In Iraq , As He
Jumped On, And Covered With His Body, A Live Hand
Grenade,
Saving
The Lives Of A Large Group Of Navy Seals That Was
Passing By!
~
During
Mike
Monsoor's Funeral,
At
Ft.
Rosecrans
National
Cemetery , In
San
Diego , California
..
The
Six Pallbearers Removed The Rosewood Casket From The
Hearse,
And
Lined Up On Each Side Of Mike Monsoor's
Casket,
Were
His Family Members, Friends, Fellow Sailors, And
Well-wishers.
The
Column Of People Continued From The Hearse, All The Way
To The Grave Site.
What
The Group Didn't Know At The Time
Was,
Every
Navy Seal
(45
To Be Exact)
That
Mike Monsoor
Saved That Day Was Scattered Through-Out The
Column!
~
As
The Pallbearers Carried The Rosewood
Casket
Down
The Column Of People To The Grave
Side.
The
Column Would Collapse..
Which
Formed A Group Of People That Followed
Behind.
~
Every
Time The Rosewood Casket Passed A Navy
Seal,
He
Would Remove His Gold Trident Pin From His
Uniform,
And
Slap It Down Hard,
Causing
The Gold Trident Pin To Embed
Itself
Into
The Top Of The Wooden Casket!
Then
The Navy Seal Would Step Back From The Column, And
Salute!
~
Now
For Those,
Who
Don't Know What A Trident Pin Is,
Here
Is The Definition!
~
After
One Completes The Basic Navy Seals Program Which Lasts
For Three Weeks,
And
Is Followed By Seal Qualification
Training,
Which
Is 15 More Weeks Of Training,
Necessary
To Continue Improving Basic Skills And To Learn New
Tactics And Techniques,
Required
For An Assignment To A Navy Seal
Platoon.
After
successful completion,
Trainees
Are Given Their Naval Enlisted
Code,
And
Are Awarded The Navy Seal Trident
Pin.
With
This Gold Pin They Are Now Officially Navy
Seals!
It
Was Said,
That
You Could Hear Each Of The 45 Slaps From Across The
Cemetery!
By
The Time The Rosewood Casket Reached The Grave
Site,
It
Looked As Though It Had A Gold Inlay From The 45 Trident
Pins That Lined The Top!
