Honoring a fallen hero, one of the best of the best...without smearing him......

[2aguy]

this is an article that looks at a man who gave up an athletic career to enlist in the Navy and Become a SEAL......one of the toughest winnowing processes known to man.....and he made it through and made it into direct combat with muslim monsters.....and gave his life saving his fellow soldiers........

And yet....the leftist media can't let that go unchallenged........they have to smear him...

Katie Kieffer - When Batman Dies

 

[WillowTree]

Well as we all know, the left are ALL assholes. I haven't met a sane one yet.

 

[bodecea]

this is an article that looks at a man who gave up an athletic career to enlist in the Navy and Become a SEAL......one of the toughest winnowing processes known to man.....and he made it through and made it into direct combat with muslim monsters.....and gave his life saving his fellow soldiers........

And yet....the leftist media can't let that go unchallenged........they have to smear him...

Katie Kieffer - When Batman Dies

Interesting how your Katie takes the knowledge that Keating the SEAL had an infamous grandfather.

 

[blackhawk]

While I don't believe you can simply ignore who his grandfather was or what he did there was no need to put it in the headline or make him as much of the story as they did. A couple of sentences about the grandfather would have sufficed the main focus of the story should have been the grandson.

 

[bodecea]

While I don't believe you can simply ignore who his grandfather was or what he did there was no need to put it in the headline or make him as much of the story as they did. A couple of sentences about the grandfather would have sufficed the main focus of the story should have been the grandson.

I agree..the grandson was indeed a hero.

 

[waltky]

Honoring the fallen...

Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq to Be Promoted Posthumously
May 11, 2016 | WASHINGTON — The Navy is promoting the SEAL who was shot and killed by Islamic State militants in Iraq to the rank of chief petty officer.

The Navy says it is promoting the SEAL who was shot and killed by Islamic State militants in Iraq on May 3 to the rank of chief petty officer.

The announcement of the posthumous promotion for special warfare operator Charles Keating IV comes two days before his funeral in Coronado, California.

Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen, a Navy spokesman, says Keating had been eligible to go before a promotion board this year. Christensen said that based on his evaluations and assignments there was good reason to believe he would have been promoted.

While the promotion will not affect pay or benefits, Keating will be able to be buried wearing his new rank. Keating is the third U.S. service member to be killed in Iraq since U.S. forces returned there in 2014.

Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq to Be Promoted Posthumously | Military.com

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Navy SEALs Invite Public to Honor Fallen SEAL Killed in Iraq
May 13, 2016 | The U.S. Navy SEALs are inviting people to line the streets in the military town of Coronado on Friday to honor the special warfare operator killed in Iraq.

Charles Keating IV, who grew up in Phoenix, is the third service member to die in Iraq since U.S. forces returned there in 2014. His remains will be transported across the Coronado Bridge to San Diego to be buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. His Coronado-based SEAL Team 1 said in a statement that Keating, who was killed in a gun battle with Islamic State fighters on May 3, "was an excellent special warfare operator, who worked tirelessly as both a breacher and sniper, and even served as a leading petty officer for the training of all West Coast SEAL snipers. "He was a dedicated and professional SEAL, a true warrior," the group said. "To say that we will miss Charlie is of course an understatement. But the legacy he leaves behind, for his fellow SEALs and for those who knew him, is unmistakable. He died bravely, doing what he loved, and what he believed in. He set an example for the rest of us to follow."

School children, retired Navy officers and throngs of others are expected to turn out for the public tribute -- just as in 2011, when thousands waved flags to honor two SEALs killed in a downed helicopter in Afghanistan as their remains were transported across the bay to Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. The picturesque cemetery overlooking the bay to one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other is officially full but exceptions are made for those killed in action. Keating will be buried as a chief petty officer, a rank given to him posthumously. At a memorial ceremony attended by more than a thousand people in Coronado on Thursday, the 31-year-old SEAL was posthumously awarded a Silver Star, the nation's third-highest combat medal, for his heroic actions during a battle in March against Islamic State fighters in Iraq, said Lt. Beth Teach, a spokeswoman for the SEALs.

He also received a Purple Heart and Combat Action Ribbon for what he did the day he was killed. "He gave his life to protect his brothers," Keating's younger brother, Billy, also an enlisted SEAL, told mourners at Coronado's Tidelands Park. Keating and Brooke Clark decided to quietly wed shortly before his deployment and the couple was looking forward to holding a traditional wedding ceremony with family and friends in November, Naval Special Warfare spokeswoman Lt. Beth Teach said.

The former cross-country runner, who served multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, was part of a quick reaction force that moved in to rescue U.S. military advisers caught in a gun battle involving more than 100 Islamic State fighters. The small team of American advisers had gone to Teleskof, about 14 miles north of Mosul, to meet with Kurdish peshmerga forces. The attack triggered a massive coalition air response that destroyed equipment, buildings and killed up to 60 militants. Thousands of students of the Coronado Unified School District plan to wave flags along nearly seven blocks leading to the Navy base as the procession carrying Keating's remains passes, said Maria Johnson, executive assistant of the superintendent. "A lot of parents here have military ties so this is very important for us to support the military," she said. "We've got a lot of parents on deployment. It's dear to our hearts."

Navy SEALs Invite Public to Honor Fallen SEAL Killed in Iraq | Military.com

 

[waltky]

Big crowd turnout to honor fallen Navy Seal...

Crowds Line Streets to Honor US Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq
May 14, 2016 - Crowds of supporters, including retired Navy officers and families, lined the streets of the Southern California military town of Coronado on Friday to honor the Navy SEAL shot and killed by Islamic State fighters in Iraq.

Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV was the third service member killed in Iraq since U.S. forces returned there in 2014. Officials planned to transport his remains across a bridge to Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, where he would be buried as a chief petty officer, a rank he received posthumously. The 31-year-old Keating, who grew up in Phoenix, "was a dedicated and professional SEAL, a true warrior," his Coronado-based SEAL Team 1 said in a statement. "The legacy he leaves behind, for his fellow SEALs and for those who knew him, is unmistakable," the group said. "He died bravely, doing what he loved, and what he believed in."

The picturesque cemetery overlooking the bay to one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other is officially full, but officials have made exceptions for those killed in action. At a memorial ceremony attended by more than a thousand people in Coronado on Thursday, Keating was posthumously awarded a Silver Star, the nation's third-highest combat medal, for his heroic actions during a March battle against Islamic State fighters in Iraq, said Lt. Beth Teach, a spokeswoman for the SEALs.

U.S. Navy sailors carry a casket with the body of Navy SEAL Charles H. Keating IV at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Coronado, Calif., on May 13. Keating was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in battle against ISIS.​

He also received a Purple Heart and Combat Action Ribbon for what he did the day he was killed. He was part of a quick reaction force that moved in May 3 to rescue U.S. military advisers caught in a firefight with more than 100 ISIS militants. "He gave his life to protect his brothers," Keating's younger brother, Billy, also an enlisted SEAL, told mourners at Coronado's Tidelands Park. Shortly before his deployment, Charles Keating and Brooke Clark decided to quietly wed, and the couple was looking forward to holding a traditional wedding ceremony with family and friends in November, Teach said.

Keating was a former cross-country runner who served multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and was known in Arizona as a grandson of a financier involved in the 1980s savings and loan scandal. For the procession carrying Keating's remains, thousands of students from the Coronado Unified School District planned to wave flags along nearly seven blocks leading to the Navy base. "A lot of parents here have military ties so this is very important for us to support the military," the superintendent's executive assistant Maria Johnson said. "We've got a lot of parents on deployment. It's dear to our hearts."

Crowds Line Streets to Honor US Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq | Military.com

 

[AmericanFirst1]

this is an article that looks at a man who gave up an athletic career to enlist in the Navy and Become a SEAL......one of the toughest winnowing processes known to man.....and he made it through and made it into direct combat with muslim monsters.....and gave his life saving his fellow soldiers........

And yet....the leftist media can't let that go unchallenged........they have to smear him...

Katie Kieffer - When Batman Dies

Interesting how your Katie takes the knowledge that Keating the SEAL had an infamous grandfather.

Interesting how UN American and stupid you idiot libtards are.

 

[waltky]

Single-handedly fought off al-Qaida fighters in an attempt to protect arriving reinforcements...

Air Force Seeks Medal of Honor for Sergeant Who Died in 2002
Aug 28, 2016 | The secretary of the Air Force is pushing to award a Medal of Honor to the first Connecticut native to die in the war in Afghanistan, based on new evidence 14 years after his death, the New York Times reported.

Air Force Sgt. John Chapman, 36, a standout athlete and 1983 graduate of Windsor Locks High School, was killed in combat after military action began in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He died on March 4, 2002, while attempting to retrieve the body of a Navy SEAL who had fallen from a helicopter during an attack by al Qaida and Taliban fighters, according to previous Courant reports. But new evidence unearthed by the Air Force about Chapman's final hours suggests that a senior chief petty officer may have been incorrect when he declared Chapman dead during the attack, the New York Times reported.

Instead, the Air Force said, Chapman lived for an hour after his teammates had retreated, fighting enemy troops alone, according to the newspaper report. New technology used in an examination of videos from aircraft flying overhead indicate that Chapman killed two Al Qaida fighters before "dying in an attempt to protect arriving reinforcements," the newspaper reported.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Chapman, who died in an attack by Al-Quaida and Taliban forces, is being considered for the Medal of Honor.​

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said on Saturday that, in the wake of the new information, he is looking forward to contacting the Secretary of Defense to help take the next step in awarding Chapman with the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award. "I support moving forward with the Medal of Honor for Sgt. Chapman because he unquestionably died a hero fighting for his country," Blumenthal said. "We may never know exactly what happened during the final hours of that fight but, undoubtedly, Sgt. Chapman died a hero."

Chapman joined the Air Force in 1985 and later became a combat controller with the 24th Special Tactics Squadron, based at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, where he lived with his wife, Valerie, and daughters, Madison and Brianna. Chapman had been credited with saving the rest of his team, and a memorial was built for him at an Air Force base in Alabama. He received a citation for the Air Force Cross, the second-highest honor for an airman.

Air Force Seeks Medal of Honor for Sergeant Who Died in 2002 | Military.com

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Green Beret Killed by IED Was on Patrol with Afghan Special Forces
Aug 26, 2016 | The Green Beret killed in Afghanistan was with Afghan special forces on a NATO advisory mission, a military spokesman said.

A Green Beret killed by an improvised explosive device Tuesday was patrolling with an Afghan special forces team moving on foot against the Taliban, the chief U.S. military spokesman in Kabul said Thursday. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson was on a NATO advisory mission on the outskirts of embattled Lashkar Gah. Thompson, 28, of Irvine, California, was assigned to Company "A," 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. He was in an advisory role under NATO's Resolute Support mission, but his death came in what was described as combat.

In a video briefing from Kabul to the Pentagon, Army Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland referred to statements in May by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on how non-combat missions can quickly turn into combat in Afghanistan and elsewhere. "These are non-combat missions," Cleveland said, but Afghanistan is inherently dangerous and troops assigned forward as advisers can often "find themselves in combat situations." A second U.S. soldier was wounded by the IED blast that killed Thompson and six Afghans. "He's still here in Afghanistan, still receiving treatment. He is stable," Cleveland said of the wounded soldier, without describing his injuries further.

Staff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson, 28, of Irvine, California, died Aug. 23, 2016, of wounds received from an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.​

U.S. troops acting as advisers also moved forward with Afghan Ministry of Interior forces in response to the militant attack on the American University in Kabul on Wednesday that killed at least 16 and wounded dozens, Cleveland said. However, the U.S. advisers were not believed to have entered the campus where two gunmen shot bystanders after a suicide car attack on the front gate, he said. Cleveland disputed local and international media reports that the university attack and the threat to Lashkar Gah in southeastern Helmand province are only the latest incidents in a deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan.

Cleveland acknowledged that the Afghan National Defense Security Forces are taking casualties at a pace that exceeds that of 2015, when more than 20,000 were killed or wounded in what was the worst year for them since U.S. troops first entered Afghanistan in late 2001. "For many militaries, that would break their backs," Cleveland said of the Afghan casualty rate, but the Afghan forces continue to make progress despite the attack on the university, Taliban advances in Helmand and northern Kunduz, and the presence in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province of the ISIS offshoot called Islamic State-Khorasan province, he said. "Overall, we believe the ANDSF is performing better this year than last year. We believe generally they are on a positive trajectory," Cleveland said. "I don't want to sound like I'm understating the Taliban," Cleveland said, but "we don't believe the situation is as dire as portrayed in the press" in Helmand. "They have had some local successes. Overall, we do not believe Lashkar Gah is about to fall."

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