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02/25/2026

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Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover already proved his mettle in the skies over Afghanistan, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions during a rescue mission that turned into an intense firefight.

In January 2026, his proven abilities were required once again, this time over Caracas, as part of Operation Absolute Resolve, the daring raid to capture dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Slover, then with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, planned the mission and was at the controls of the lead aircraft, an MH-47 Chinook. He was tasked with inserting a Delta Force assault team into the heavily fortified compound where Maduro was believed to be hiding. There was no margin for error, and no room for hesitation.

As his helicopter approached the target area, Venezuelan defense systems opened fire, and Slover was struck three times in the leg. The Chinook was also hit, but still flyable.

So he kept flying.

“The success of the entire mission and the lives of his fellow warriors hinged on Eric’s ability to take searing pain,” President Donald Trump said during his 2026 State of the Union address. He then surprised Slover and his wife, Amy, with the nation’s highest military honor before a joint session of Congress.

The chamber erupted in applause.

Slover maintained control of the aircraft despite his wounds, executed the insertion, and ensured his crew successfully executed their objectives. He then piloted the aircraft back to the USS Iwo Jima. Within three hours, another team of helicopters would exfiltrate the assault team.

Slover is still recovering from his wounds and was standing with the assistance of a walker when he received the award. A total of seven Americans were wounded in the operation.

His actions were critical to the success of the raid that would ultimately end in Maduro’s capture and incarceration. Trump said other members of the military involved in the mission will be honored at a separate White House ceremony at a later date.

11/15/2025

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On March 27, 2023, Mike Day died by su***de. Mike Day a US Navy SEAL was leading a raid against an al-Qaeda hideout in 2007 when he was shot more than two dozen times, and though he recovered physically, he eventually took his own life in 2023.

Day was selected to be the assault force commander on the mission. In all, there were 22 operators assigned to it, a mix of SEALs and Iraqi scouts. They were to infiltrate a single-story, walled compound in northeast Fallujah and find their target. For someone like Day, it was a routine assignment.

But the mission on April 6, 2007 would transform Mike Day’s life.

Mike Day’s team split into two groups: one to cover the outside, another to move inside and clear rooms. Day led the interior group, meaning he would be the first one into a room. Among his group of SEALs, this was a highly coveted honor: “We all want to be the first into the fight, and every SEAL is willing to accept the greater risk, especially for his buddy’s sake,” Day wrote.

But the second that Mike Day stepped through the door of a small room that day, it became clear that the mission of April 6, 2007, would be like no other.

“As I pivoted off my right foot to move down the left wall, I had the sensation that my body was being slammed with a dozen sledgehammers,” Day wrote. “…It was surreal, like something out of a movie: time slowed almost to a stop and everything happened in super slow motion, almost as if I were watching the scene unfold frame by frame.”

Four insurgents hiding in the room had opened fire on him. Their barrage of bullets caused Day to drop his rifle, while other bullets rocketed past him and into two Iraqi scouts standing in the hallway. As Day was struck by a hail of bullets, his first thoughts were of his family back home.

As he was being shot, Mike Day’s training as a SEAL kicked in.

But his next thought was to complete the mission.
“After I realized that I actually was getting shot, my second thought was, ‘God get me home to my girls, and then extreme anger,” Day recalled in a 2014 interview. “Then I just went to work. It was muscle memory. I just did what I was trained to do.”

He grabbed his pistol and fired it at the insurgents. Day killed one of the men who had shot at him. Then he saw a second man, reaching for a gr***de in his vest and pulling the pin. Day fired his pistol again and stopped the man in his tracks — but not the man’s gr***de, which dropped from his hand, rolled toward Day, and detonated. Everything went black.

When Mike Day regained consciousness a few minutes later, he sprung back into action. As the two remaining insurgents opened fire on Day’s fellow Navy SEALs, he started shooting at them. They turned and returned fire but Day was able to kill them both.

He then tried to radio his team, but Day’s radio had been damaged during the firefight. Nearby, Day found the body of his fellow SEAL Joseph “Clark” Schwedler, and used his fallen comrade’s radio to contact the rest of his men.

Had he been delayed even a moment longer, the building would have been destroyed in a fire mission. Instead, the strike was called off, and the rest of the team moved in to find Day and the other survivors. From the look on their faces, he finally understood just how much damage he had sustained.

“I didn’t even know how bad I was hurting until they came in and I saw the looks on their faces,” Day told reporters in a 2020 interview. “We all know that look.”

In addition to 16 bullet wounds directly on his body and 11 hits to his body armor, Day had also taken shrapnel from the gr***de that knocked him out. Despite that, he was able to walk to the medical helicopter without any support.

“I wasn’t being macho, but I was afraid if they picked me up, it would just hurt more,” he told reporters.

*In 2022 alone, there were 6,407 su***des among veterans — around 18 per day. On average, seven su***des per day were among veterans who received Veterans Health Administration care in 2021 or 2022.

Rest In Peace...

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10/16/2025

I’ve dedicated this page to honoring those who have sacrificed for this great country. Please feel free to add so they are not forgotten. God bless America.

06/10/2022

Honoring Army Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby

Kip died June 28, 2005, in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Red Wings when his MH-47D Helicopter was shot down by enemy fire during combat operations.

He was born Sept. 2, 1983 in Florida. A native of Pompano, Fla., graduated high school in 2002.

He enlisted in the Army in October 2002 as a heavy helicopter repairman. He attended Basic Combat Training (BCT) at Fort Jackson, S. C., and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Eustis, Va.

In May 2003, Jacoby was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Training Company and upon completion of the Basic Mission Qualification Course was assigned as a helicopter repairman for 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). In February 2004, he was reassigned within the battalion to Company B as a MH-47D crew chief.

Jacoby’s military schools include the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Course, the Basic Mission Qualification Course and the Heavy Helicopter Repairman Course.

His awards and decorations include the Air Medal, the National Defense Service Ribbon, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, and the Army Aviation Crewmember Badge. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal for valor, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and the Combat Action Badge.

Jacoby is survived by his parents, Stephen and Susan, of Pompano, Fla.

-NSDQ-

04/06/2022

Happy Angel Birthday to Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor who selflessly sacrificed his life for our great Country. Please help me honor him so that he is not forgotten.

03/25/2022

To all who have gone above and beyond the call of duty… we salute you! 🇺🇸

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