{"id":56497,"date":"2014-11-17T09:25:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56497"},"modified":"2014-11-17T09:25:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:25:52","slug":"sergeant-joseph-liefer-saving-the-world-from-marine-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=56497","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant Joseph Liefer saving the world from Marine boots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andy sends us a link to United Press International<\/a> which reports that Sergeant Joseph Liefer was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, for valor while not engaged by an armed enemy (think Soldiers Medal, Army folks) for saving the life of one the Marines on his grenade range when the boot couldn’t throw his grenade hard enough and it rolled back into the pit;<\/p>\n

“The student said a few choice words. And me, I didn’t really say anything,” Liefer told the Marine Corps Times. “It’s a split second moment, just counting in my head, ‘One Mississippi,’ just trying to see when the grenade would go off.”<\/p>\n

According to the award citation, “Sgt. Liefer grabbed the student, threw him out of the pit and then threw himself on top of the student, shielding the student with his body.”<\/p>\n

Neither Liefer or the student were injured in the ensuing blast, and training continued after the close call.<\/p>\n

Marine Corps Training Command spokesman 1st Lt. Matthew Rojo told the Times that no protocals were altered in the wake of the incident, since such procedures were validated by Liefer’s quick actions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The boot’s name wasn’t included in the article, but I’m guessing that it’s some variation of T-Rex, from the Ranger-Up T shirt above. <\/p>\n

But here’s SGT Liefer;<\/p>\n

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