Captain Glover was also a highly decorated infantry officer. He served three tours in Iraq with 1st battalion, 5th Marines, including the invasion, the first battle of Fallujah, and a tour in Ramadi. For actions during the first battle of Fallujah, Capt Glover earned the Silver Star. You can read about it here<\/a> or pick up a copy of Bing West’s\u00a0 No True Glory, <\/em>in which Capt Glover’s actions are discussed in great detail. Capt Glover also received two purple hearts, a Navy Commendation with a V, and a Navy Achievement Medal with a V. It should also be pointed out that is likely that Capt Glover didn’t have to go back for a third tour to Iraq. In the Marine Corps, in most circumstances, after two deployments you rotate from a fleet unit to a non-deployable unit like 8th and I, the drill field, or some instructor billet (sometimes you don’t have a choice in the matter). This is done for a very good reason and helps insure that Marines get a break from the stresses of the fleet and that Marines just back from combat can train the next generation. However, Capt Glover knew that 1\/5 was going back into the meat-grinder and wanted to be there with them.<\/p>\n Capt. Glover receiving his Silver Star from General Hagee <\/em><\/p>\n Captain Glover rotated back to a deployable unit around the same time I left Camp David for 2\/1. I didn’t hear anything about him after that. Today, when I logged on to Facebook I saw a post by a Marine I served with (Dave who was with 3\/8 in Afghanistan) mentioning that Capt Glover had been wounded back in November in Afghanistan and tonight he would be ringside at the UFC fight thanks to UFC fighter Brian Stann (I couldn’t embed the video but Stann talks about Glover in the fourth video from the left here<\/a>). Capt Glover was wounded while participating in a rescue operation for two paratroopers from the 82nd (who unfortunately drowned in a river). There is a possibility he may lose one leg. More details about what happened can be found here at Glock Talk<\/a>. This was Capt. Glover’s either third or fourth time being wounded and his fourth combat deployment.<\/p>\n Captain Glover is the real deal. I hope McManus serves a long time in a deep dark hole for disrespecting men like Capt Glover.<\/p>\n (Thanks to Dave and other Marines from the Yankee White community for the heads-up on what happened to Capt. Glover)<\/p>\n UPDATE 02\/06\/2010: <\/strong>I received more information from a friend an fellow Marine who was in my platoon at Camp David (Steve, another Marine who is the real deal<\/a>) about Captain Glover. I was wrong about some of the details about his injuries and circumstances behind his injuries. I have updated the post accordingly. Steve says Captain Glover is at Walter Reed is doing pretty well. If I get more information, I will update this post. Again, I would not have known about any of this without Marines from the Yankee White community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/patriotfiles.org\/images\/Hero_CptJoshuaLGlover.gif\")
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