To Monica Lin Brown, I add my congratulations on your receiving the Silver Star. I honor you and thank you for outstanding service to your fellows and, thereby, to me, and to our entire country, the United States of America.
Monica Lin Brown AP
CAMP SALERNO, Afghanistan — A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second female soldier since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest medal for valor.
Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007, the military said.
The entire article is here.
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My devotional blog is here.
Monica, for ever more, is “different”.
By her most valourous deeds, she is of unique company. “They” most surely welcome Monica Lin Brown within ‘their’ ranks.
Surely, (to pharaphase), “Greater love hath no (Soldier) than to (protect) another soldier”.
“Nuff said
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This brave soldier hails from the Houston area, Lake Jackson. We read she has all ready reinlisted! I promise you when she comes home, there will be a big celebration before she ships out again. Peace
Dean, she sounds like a wonderful young woman. She deserves a great celebration.
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Thanks Monica. You have my eternal gratitude for your sacrifice. You are protecting my right to believe what I choose to. Thanks fellow Texan!
Oh, you Texans!
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