A narrative of Plumlee\u2019s actions provided to The Post credits him with rushing to the site of the car bomb blast near the base\u2019s airfield in an unarmored pickup truck. The vehicle took repeated enemy fire, including a 30mm grenade that hit the vehicle\u2019s front passenger-side headlight, but didn\u2019t explode.<\/p>\n
Plumlee left the vehicle, but wasn\u2019t immediately able to get his 7.62mm assault rifle to work. He drew a pistol and fired at several insurgents, and killed one of them with a hand grenade, prompting the suicide vest he was wearing to explode. As he continued to fire, suicide vests on two more insurgents also detonated, the narrative said.<\/p>\n
Under withering enemy fire, Plumlee provided suppressing fire to allow other Americans to take cover, and then reloaded his weapon while shielded by an electrical box, the narrative said. He opened fire on two more insurgents, causing a third enemy suicide vest to detonate and pepper him and another Green Beret with fragmentation from the grenade.<\/p>\n
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Plumlee braved enemy fire immediately afterward and applied tourniquets, the narrative said. He then directed a civilian and a U.S. soldier nearby to drive the wounded to a surgical team on base. Plumlee and three other coalition troops proceed to sweep the area to make sure it was clear of additional enemy fighters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
For all of that, the following month, Plumlee was nominated for the Medal of Honor as the paperwork wended it’s way through the system, the MOH looked inevitable. Stars fell on the recommendation – nearly every senior commander signed off on the award as it sailed through the halls of the pentagon. Then in March last year, Army HRC wienies abruptly recommended that it be downgraded to a Silver Star and that is what Army Secretary McHugh signed. The reason? <\/p>\n
It seems that Plumlee had been given a rifle scope as a gift from a contractor that he tried to sell. Army investigators thought that Plumlee was selling military sensitive equipment. It was determined that the scope was not sensitive equipment and Plumlee was cleared, but he was warned in writing and that’s what sunk his Medal of Honor recommendation. Nothing. Nothing but a bunch of petty wienies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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