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Fallen SEAL hero awarded Silver Star for beating back 100 ISIS fighters
Fallen SEAL hero awarded Silver Star for beating back 100 ISIS fighters
Meghann Myers, Navy Times 5:47 p.m. EDT June 23, 2016
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Charlie Keating lost his life in a hail of bullets on May 3, but it wasn't the first time he'd put himself in danger to defeat ISIS militants during that deployment.
Two months earlier, his leadership, tactical skills and sheer physical courage helped American and peshmerga forces defeat more than 100 enemy fighters swarming their position, according to his Silver Star citation, obtained Thursday by Navy Times.
Then-SO1 Keating exposed himself to fire to secure the position, the citation said. And when a bomb-rigged car rolled toward his team, he led an attack to neutralize it with sniper and rocket fire.
"His personal bravery inspired his comrades to vigorously defend their position and repel the enemy assault," the citation said. ... He received the military's third-highest award for valor posthumously on May 10, the same day Navy Secretary Ray Mabus signed off on his Purple Heart for his last battle.
Meghann Myers, Navy Times 5:47 p.m. EDT June 23, 2016
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Charlie Keating lost his life in a hail of bullets on May 3, but it wasn't the first time he'd put himself in danger to defeat ISIS militants during that deployment.
Two months earlier, his leadership, tactical skills and sheer physical courage helped American and peshmerga forces defeat more than 100 enemy fighters swarming their position, according to his Silver Star citation, obtained Thursday by Navy Times.
Then-SO1 Keating exposed himself to fire to secure the position, the citation said. And when a bomb-rigged car rolled toward his team, he led an attack to neutralize it with sniper and rocket fire.
"His personal bravery inspired his comrades to vigorously defend their position and repel the enemy assault," the citation said. ... He received the military's third-highest award for valor posthumously on May 10, the same day Navy Secretary Ray Mabus signed off on his Purple Heart for his last battle.
