Loheide and others were injured when a bomb dropped on their position during his platoon’s first big mission in June of 2010.<\/p>\n
Despite his injuries and under fire, Loheide marked a landing zone for helicopters to evacuate the wounded and led his soldiers to safety.<\/p>\n
‘I remember hearing the jet coming in,’ Loheide recalled to the Leaf Chronicle. ‘I can even remember hearing the bomb come in. And then everything went black.’<\/p>\n
When his vision finally returned he saw immediate identified three causalities near him.<\/p>\n
But they were still under fire.<\/p>\n
Pressing on Loheide led a movement down the mountain to mark a landing zone for helicopters to evacuate the wounded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
SFC Loheide turned from the award ceremony to reenlist because;<\/p>\n
‘Being a platoon sergeant is one of those things. I feel after this I can move on and do great things, but I\u2019ll never have that fulfilling feeling of leading a large group of men again.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I know that feeling – that anything else I accomplish in this life doesn’t compare to leading a platoon in combat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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