{"id":103690,"date":"2020-08-14T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=103690"},"modified":"2020-08-14T10:46:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:46:23","slug":"air-force-combat-controller-to-receive-silver-star-and-bronze-star-w-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=103690","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Combat Controller to receive Silver Star and Bronze Star w\/ &#8220;V&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103692\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-1-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-1-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-1-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-1-399x333.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MSgt John Grimesey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MSgt John Grimesey, an Air Force Combat Controller, will receive the Silver Star\u00a0<em>and\u00a0<\/em>a Bronze Star Medal for valor for past deployments with US Army Green Beret units to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Combat Controllers serve with special operations units, usually behind enemy lines, and coordinate close air support (CAS).<\/p>\n<p>Grimesey was a Senior Airman in 2013 when he and his Special Forces teammates were hit by a rocket propelled grenade. Concussed and hit with shrapnel he dragged a wounded comrade 25 feet to cover, personally engaged the Taliban, and starting calling in airstrikes from CAS fighters and AC-130 gunships.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll also be receiving a Bronze Star for valor for a 2017 Afghanistan firefight.<\/p>\n<p>Grimesey has previously been honored multiple times for his combat heroism. He&#8217;s received two Bronze Stars with \u201cV\u201d device and an Air Force Commendation Medal with \u201cV\u201d device, as well as a Purple Heart.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for us, and to the relief of Taliban fighters throughout A-stan, MSgt Grimesey is in the process of medically retiring from the service.<\/p>\n<p>Source;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/middle-east\/air-force-combat-controller-to-receive-silver-star-for-actions-in-harrowing-2013-afghanistan-fight-1.641173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stars and Stripes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSgt John Grimesey, an Air Force Combat Controller, will receive the Silver Star\u00a0and\u00a0a Bronze Star Medal &hellip; <a title=\"Air Force Combat Controller to receive Silver Star and Bronze Star w\/ &#8220;V&#8221;\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=103690\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Air Force Combat Controller to receive Silver Star and Bronze Star w\/ &#8220;V&#8221;<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301,187,586,7,389],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-air-force","category-combat-wounded","category-terror-war","category-valor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103691,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103690\/revisions\/103691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}