re: Historical Moments of Badassery

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Sledge and K company taking the bunker on Ngesebus with only two minor casualties while 17 Japanese defenders died for their emperor. It could’ve easily gone sideways.

101st Airborne in the Battle of the Bulge and General McAuliffe responding with “Nuts” to the German surrender ultimatum.

King Leonidas responding with “molon labe” to Xerxes at the Thermopylae pass.

Delaware crossing

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Delaware crossing

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Many of the men didn't have shoes and left a trail of blood on the 9 mile march to Trenton. That was the lowest point morale wise of the continental army and those guys were still pushing it to the limit.

My Grandfather diving his P-80 Shooting star into a Chinese Artillery Bunker during the Korean War on Sniper Ridge, saving the lives of thousands of UN Soldiers

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Still MIA to this day, body has never been recovered.

Escambia County deputy reflects on taking down NAS Pensacola gunman

"We were going in to win."

On the morning of December 6, 2019, a terrorist attack occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola. The terrorist, an aviation student from Saudi Arabia, killed three people, injured eight others including two sheriff deputies, and carried enough ammo to kill scores more.

When the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office was alerted, Sgt. Mike Hoyland, a die-hard LSU fan, acted quickly. Sgt. Hoyland met Deputy Matthew Housam and Deputy Matthew Keebler at the front of the API/IFS Building on NAS Pensacola. They did not know how many terrorists were located inside, where they were located, or how they were armed.

Other folks might have secured the perimeter and waited for backup. Sgt. Hoyland knew that there was at least one active shooter inside, and more people would die if they did not act quickly. The three men immediately went inside. The hunter became the hunted. Sgt. Hoyland spotted the terrorist, was fired upon, and returned fire terminating the terrorist. Deputies Housam and Keebler joined in terminating the terrorist.




Sgt. Mike Hoyland (right) is a die-hard Tiger fan and a BAMF.
Proud of this LSU fan for risking his life to save the lives of others.


Sheriff Morgan awarded the Medal of Valor to the five deputies, one sergeant and two NAS Pensacola Captains.
"These men went above and beyond the call of duty."


Congressional Badge of Bravery (CBOB)

On December 6, 2019, a terrorist attack occurred at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. A member of the Royal Saudi Air Force methodically began shooting and killing members of the U.S. Navy as they were reporting for classes. Prior to the intervention by members of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the assailant succeeded in killing three service members.

Deputies Jonathan Glass and Matthew Tinch were the first to arrive. In the exchange of gunfire with the assailant, both deputies were wounded—Deputy Glass in the upper arm and Deputy Tinch in the knee. After shooting the deputies, the assailant continued to systematically shoot into offices, wounding eight other civilian and naval personnel as he proceeded to the second floor.

Deputy Abelardo Lopez entered the building and exchanged gunfire with the assailant at close range in a stairwell. He struck the assailant twice in the upper chest before his firearm jammed. Deputy Lopez then sought cover as he attempted to clear his weapon as the assailant continued to fire in his direction. Sergeant Michael Hoyland, Deputy Matthew Housam, and Deputy Matthew Keebler entered the building through the front entrance as Deputy Lopez sought cover. They were armed with two long guns and semi-automatic handguns and immediately fired at the assailant from a distance of over 30 yards. They exchanged gunfire and fatally wounded the assailant.

The courageous actions of Sergeant Hoyland and Deputies Housam, Keebler, Lopez, Tinch, and Glass to respond to this active shooter and engage him quickly ended his ongoing assault of personnel within the Naval Air Station. Without their decisive actions, additional personnel in and around the facility would have been at risk of serious injury or death.

The White Death

Simo Häyhä (17 December 1905 – 1 April 2002), often referred to by his nickname The White Death, was a Finnish military sniper during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union in World War II. He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 rifle (a variant of the Mosin–Nagant) and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun. Häyhä is believed to have killed more than 500 enemy soldiers during the conflict, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. Consequently, he is generally regarded as the deadliest sniper in history.