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| Afghanistan |
| Apple employee took assassin's bullets for British colonel |
| 2014-08-18 |
| [TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] A British Army colonel's life was saved by a US soldier who jumped in front of an assassin's hail of bullets, it has been reported. The US Army reservist, who normally works for Apple, the Silicon Valley-based electronics company, was shot six times as an Afghan assailant opened fire on a group of high-ranking officers at a military training academy earlier this month, The Sunday Times said. The reservist, who has not been named, used his body as a shield to literally "take a bullet" for the senior British officer, and was hit twice in the leg and once in the shoulder, with a further three rounds stopped by his bulletproof vest. Details of the act of heroism were revealed in an American casualty report, the newspaper said. It describes how the reservist returned fire with both his rifle and sidearm. The attack by Mohammad Rafiqullah killed Major General Harold Greene, the deputy commanding general, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan. Maj Gen Greene was the highest ranking US officer to be killed in hostilities since Lt Gen Timothy Joseph Maude was killed by a hijacked airliner that crashed into the Pentagon, on September 11, 2001. A similar ranking officer has not been killed overseas since the Vietnam War. The attack took place during an outdoor briefing at the Marshal Fahim National Defence University, in Kabul, which also houses the British-run officer training academy known as "Sandhurst in the Sand". The Afghan ministry of defence described the attacker as "a terrorist wearing Afghan National Army uniform". Several other senior officers, including a German brigadier general and the Afghan commander of the training base, were among the 14 injured, which also included two Britons. Their injuries were said to be not life threatening. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 Sorry. When I mentioned medals, I was still thinking of the military I served in. Not about Obama's modern military. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-08-18 18:43 |
| #10 Should be happy if he still has a job at Apple Good news - Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act guarantees his job on return. Bad news - It's a civil case if violated. Good news - Apple is such a profitable company that Tort Lawyers Inc would drool at the opportunity to represent for their |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-08-18 16:09 |
| #9 Our side.....Purple Heart and MSM downgraded to a letter of appreciation Not if it's classed as a workplace-violence incident. Then expect a service-record entry about failing to abide by instructions for an active-shooter. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-18 14:32 |
| #8 Apple used to make laptops out of lexan, but not anymore. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-08-18 13:58 |
| #7 Whahaha.....no matter how heroic, definitely no favour to be found at the White House by taking a bullet for a British Army officer. Poor old Hussein Onyango would be grave spinning. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-18 13:33 |
| #6 a fight for medical discharge and follow-on medical treatments Yes, his wounds were essentially self-inflicted and not to be treated at public expense.... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-08-18 13:27 |
| #5 I'd be looking from something from the Brits as well. Possibly some recognition from Windsor. Our side.....Purple Heart and MSM downgraded to a letter of appreciation, along with a fight for medical discharge and follow-on medical treatments. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-18 13:20 |
| #4 Should be worth at least a Silver Star, if not a Distinguished Service Cross Should be happy if he still has a job at Apple when discharged from hospital. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-18 13:15 |
| #3 Should be worth at least a Silver Star, if not a Distinguished Service Cross |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-08-18 13:13 |
| #2 Impressive performance Having nothing to do with Apple, though. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-18 13:06 |
| #1 Impressive performance. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-08-18 07:25 |