{"id":65673,"date":"2016-05-09T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=65673"},"modified":"2016-05-09T08:04:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T12:04:45","slug":"three-airmen-to-receive-valor-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=65673","title":{"rendered":"Three Airmen to receive valor awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to the Washington Post<\/a>, Tech. Sgt. Matthew J. Greiner, Senior Airman Dustin H. Temple and Senior Airman Goodie J. Goodman have been awarded valor medals for their actions in a Sept. 27, 2014 battle in Afghanistan. Temple was awarded the Air Force Cross while the other two received the Silver Star Medal.<\/p>\n

It turned into a fight for their lives, three U.S. Special Operations airmen involved in the battle recalled Tuesday. The insurgents, numbering close to 100, sprung a fierce attack in which they not only launched a barrage of fire on the Americans, but made plans on the radio to overrun their position and take them hostage, the airmen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were much, much more brave than any insurgent that I have ever had throughout my deployments there,\u201d Senior Airman Goodie J. Goodman told reporters in a conference call Tuesday. \u201cThey didn\u2019t seem like they were willing to quit until the last soul.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Air Force Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Temple, in addition to calling airstrikes, repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire, resupplying his team and retrieving a mortally injured soldier.<\/p>\n

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More than 100 insurgents were ready for the fight and began with most of their fire focused on Temple’s element. He directed close-air support from F-16s, AH-1s, AC-130s and an MQ-1 as the men faced overwhelming fire. When a soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Weathers, was hit by a sniper, Temple ran into enemy fire to return him to safety.<\/p>\n

“Airman Temple helped keep him alive so his family was able to fly to Germany to see him alive one last time,” Army Capt. Evan Lacenski, the team leader of 7th Group Special Forces and leader of the mission. said during the medals ceremony.<\/p>\n

When Temple returned to his team, the enemy fighters surged within 40 meters. The group’s interpreter captured the insurgents’ order, “Take the Americans alive.” The team fought the insurgents at close range, keeping them from “climbing through murder holes” in the team’s compound, Lacenski said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s a more complete narrative of the battle and the airmen’s actions at the Air Force Times link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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