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Color me corny
« on: September 15, 2015, 04:54:07 PM »
Video of the air force guy from train in France. Check out the ears. The bad guy chose poorly. I think that kids a wrestler or boxer.
Nice what kimmel hooked him up with

Can someone smarter than me make the vid available for the nonfacebook folk?
https://www.facebook.com/charles.riggs/posts/10206723846646457

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Re: Color me corny
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2015, 05:13:07 PM »
^^^^Tried clicking on the link, while logged into FB and it wouldn't let me view it.   TL;DR  Linky no worky.
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Re: Color me corny
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2015, 05:18:29 PM »
Is this the pic?

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Color me corny
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2015, 06:04:13 PM »
Here's the video
http://youtu.be/R-W5iVj3b_w

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Re: Color me corny
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2015, 06:43:33 PM »
Saw part of an interview where I think he referenced a choke hold as a jiu-jitsu or wrestling technique.
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« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2015, 07:05:27 PM »
His ears look like he knows what a mat smells like

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Re: Color me corny
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2015, 08:19:21 PM »
And the USAF is promoting him to S/SGT, which he'll need the pay to afford the insurance on that Camaro...
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Re: Color me corny
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2015, 09:39:11 PM »
Still does not have the Airman's Medal?  Why?  :mad:

And shouldn't he have the Legion of Honor ribbon above his right pocket?  (If not wearing the actual medal around his neck?)

Still and all, an American Hero.

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« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2015, 09:44:02 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on September 15, 2015, 09:39:11 PM
Still does not have the Airman's Medal?  Why?  :mad:

And shouldn't he have the Legion of Honor ribbon above his right pocket?  (If not wearing the actual medal around his neck?)

Still and all, an American Hero.

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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2015, 04:15:36 AM »
Survivor/winners attitude
And he had experience fighting.  It's why I teach my girls to fight. The inexperienced have to process while the experienced are already in action

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« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2015, 08:30:01 AM »
Two things -

1 - the article says the French awarded him (and the other two) the Legion of Merit.  I was under the impression it was the Legion of Honor.  Or is the SecAF just mixed up?

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"In case you missed it, let me assure you, because I watched Jimmy Kimmel the other night, Spencer Stone will not have any difficulty getting here to Washington, because he was just awarded a brand new Camaro," James said. "So he's got a sweet new ride."

Why are they not flying him on some sort of corporate jet level of AF equipment?

If you told me I had to put 6000+ miles on my POV (and presumably cover room & board out of my pocket both ways) I would be telling you to drop the medals in a padded mailer and send them to me.

As I typed the above I realized I have a 3rd question - given the international nature of the events leading to the awarding of the two medals, why is the CiC absenting himself?

Yes, I know it is a stupid question.  Just make believe it's rhetorical.

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Re: Color me corny
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2015, 09:05:20 AM »
Quote from: scout26 on September 15, 2015, 08:19:21 PM
And the USAF is promoting him to S/SGT, which he'll need the pay to afford the insurance on that Camaro...

Probably purchased as an E2..... :laugh:
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Re: Color me corny
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2015, 10:23:41 AM »
Just watched the video.  As with all true heroes I've ever heard speak about their actions, he minimized his own acts and the risks to himself while highlighting the acts of others.

Another thing I had missed along the way.  Airman here is wounded pretty significantly in the process, yet after bad guy is down, our hero begins giving medical aid to others.  Makes him even more admirable IMHO. 
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« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2015, 03:39:16 PM »
Quote from: jamisjockey on September 16, 2015, 09:05:20 AM
Probably purchased as an E2..... :laugh:

You are the guy they are moving to keep track of the planes flying around our nation's capital?  The job that requires close attention to detail?

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« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2015, 05:28:36 PM »
Quote from: jamisjockey on September 16, 2015, 09:05:20 AM
Probably purchased as an E2..... :laugh:

Nope, given to him by Jimmy Kimmel (or the show or Chevy or the GS Warriors or a combination of the above) on the show.

And the USAF will fly him to wherever the award ceremony will be.  I wonder what they are going to give the NG soldier who was with them...
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