Next month, President Obama will be awarding the Medal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry for the actions he took to save his soliders while under attack in Paktya, Afghanistan on May 26, 2008. He was wounded – shot through both legs – and under small arms and grenade fire when, after a first grenade detonated about 10 meters from him and his soldiers, another grenade landed within reach, and without thought for his well being, he grabbed the grenade and attempted to throw it away. The grenade detonated as he was releasing it taking his right hand in the blast.
Leroy will be one of two living MoH recipients from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and will join the seven others that have been awarded the MoH posthumously in those engagements.
Hooah!
(Photo: US Army)
Today the Pentagon has gone on record stating that cyber attacks against the United States of America will be seen as acts of War and acted upon accordingly. Them’s fightin’ words where I come from and it will be interesting to see how they plan to manage the unnerving amount of attacks that happen every day. But my understanding of this is that they would not rule out military response for attacks that disrupt essential systems like nuclear plants, electrical grid systems, or emergency systems. We’ll learn more as it happens.
