{"id":117121,"date":"2021-09-03T07:30:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=117121"},"modified":"2021-09-02T19:51:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T23:51:18","slug":"soldier-receives-silver-star-for-heroism-in-afghanistan-12-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=117121","title":{"rendered":"Soldier receives Silver Star for heroism in Afghanistan 12 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SGT Adam Holroyd receiving his award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m glad that this case is finally being rectified, but when you hear was Sergeant Holroyd did to earn the Silver Star you’ll wonder just why on earth did this take 12 years! Jeff LPH 3 sends in this Army Times report<\/a>;<\/p>\n

t was Aug. 10, 2009, when Sgt. Adam Holroyd and his fellow 10th Mountain Division soldiers came under a coordinated enemy attack in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Soldiers from the \u201cChosin Battalion\u201d 1st Batt., 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, had been tasked to air assault into the district center of northern Nuristan, \u201cBarg-e Matal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the coming months, they would fight in cornrows, inside wood huts and beyond, extending the fight to the nearby mountains outside the district center, according to an Army release.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo describe that terrain as anything less than extreme would be an understatement,\u201d said Lt. Col. Scott Horrigan, former 1-32 infantry commander.<\/p>\n

Horrigan was recalling those details because on Wednesday, a dozen years after that coordinated attack, Holroyd was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his actions at a small ceremony at the division\u2019s home \u2014 Fort Drum, New York.<\/p>\n

The now-retired sniper team leader rushed through enemy fields of gunfire during the attack on the battalion headquarters.<\/p>\n

Enemy fighters peppered them with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.<\/p>\n

Holroyd rushed through the onslaught to evacuate a wounded task force medic. He then guided soldiers around him to repel the attack.<\/p>\n

During the battle, the ammunition supply point caught fire. Holroyd moved through enemy gunfire to grab water to put it out, warning others not to help him.<\/p>\n

The sergeant then grabbed an M2 machine gun, suppressing enemy positions and drawing their fire from the smoldering ammo storage.<\/p>\n

The brief relief let soldiers move back to the compound, supporting the unit\u2019s defense against the attack. The battalion was able to maintain their position and end the attack.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I say, Gott Damn! Running through a hail of enemy fire to rescue one of his men (he didn’t pull a Biden and just leave him there to die), then coordinates the defense, and then moves back through enemy fire to get water to put out an ammunition store fire. While ordering nobody to help him douse the flames, he puts out the fire, then grabs a machine gun and lays down suppressive fire!<\/p>\n

How did it take 12 years to reward this bravery? How is this only a Silver Star!?!? For comparison, here’s current Secretary of Defense and retired Army General Lloyd Austin’s Silver Star citation from 2003<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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