ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD,
AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.
AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.
"ROLL CALL"
Mike Monsoor
PO2 - Navy Petty Officer, Second Class
EOD2 - Exp;osive Ordnance Disposal,
Second Class
April 5, 1991 - September 29, 2009
EOD2 - Exp;osive Ordnance Disposal,
Second Class
April 5, 1991 - September 29, 2009
PO2 Mike Monsoor was awarded the "Medal Of Honor" for giving his life in Iraq, as he jumped on, and covered with his body , a live hand grenade, saving lives of a large group of Navy Seals.
At Ft. Rosencrans National Cemetary, in San Diego, California, the six paulbearers removed the Rosewood Casket from the herse, and lined up on each side of Mike Monsoor's casket.
A column of people formed from the herse all the way to the grave site. What the group did not know at the time was, every Seal (45 to be exact) that Mike Monsoor saved that day in Iraq was scattered throught-out the column.
Everytime the paulbearers carried the Rosewood Casket down the column of people to the grave site, the column would collapse, and form a group of people fowllowing behind.
Every time the Rosewood Casket passed a Navy Seal, he would remove the Gold Trident Pin from his uniform and slap it down hard, casusing 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 do not know what a Trident Pin is, here is the definition.
After one completes the Basic Navy Seal Program which lasts three weeks, and is followed by Special Qualification Training, which is 15 more weeks of training necessay to continue improving Basic kills and learn
New Tactics and Techniques.
After successful completion trainess are given their 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 cemetary.
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.
At Ft. Rosencrans National Cemetary, in San Diego, California, the six paulbearers removed the Rosewood Casket from the herse, and lined up on each side of Mike Monsoor's casket.
A column of people formed from the herse all the way to the grave site. What the group did not know at the time was, every Seal (45 to be exact) that Mike Monsoor saved that day in Iraq was scattered throught-out the column.
Everytime the paulbearers carried the Rosewood Casket down the column of people to the grave site, the column would collapse, and form a group of people fowllowing behind.
Every time the Rosewood Casket passed a Navy Seal, he would remove the Gold Trident Pin from his uniform and slap it down hard, casusing 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 do not know what a Trident Pin is, here is the definition.
After one completes the Basic Navy Seal Program which lasts three weeks, and is followed by Special Qualification Training, which is 15 more weeks of training necessay to continue improving Basic kills and learn
New Tactics and Techniques.
After successful completion trainess are given their 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 cemetary.
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.