This blog post by a Medal of Honor winner proves they're just men....

This blog post by a Medal of Honor winner proves they're just men.  Men who were placed in extraordinary situations and did extraordinary things...but just men none-the-less.

Check this passage out from Sgt. Meyers.

While most Americans were enjoying the Christmas holiday with friends and family, I had the absolute privilege of traveling with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Jim Amos and his wife Bonnie to Afghanistan in the Helmand province. General and Mrs. Amos could have spent Christmas anywhere in the world but both wanted nothing more than to spend their last Christmas in the Marine Corps with forward-deployed Marines. General and Mrs. Amos exemplify leadership.


That is why when I was made aware of the most recent attacks against the general and his wife I had to take action and voice my opinion. It pains me so much to see the repeated, ridiculous attacks against them both. It is unprecedented in the history of our Corps to repeatedly attack one of our own and to sit idly by and let others do it too.


The attacks are driven almost entirely by a single news organization we are all familiar with. The attacks are personal and designed to drive a wedge between him and Marines all across the globe. Sadly, they have achieved some level of success in this regard. Their latest stunt is to create an issue over the placement of their product in our exchanges. Give me a break, this is a crisis? They created the issue, it was designed by them, for them, simply devised to do nothing but generate sales for their bottom line, nothing more. The staff in our exchanges moves products around every day. You’ve never heard Budweiser cry because they didn’t get placed in the front of the cooler. If you’re confident in your product just stand behind it, don’t create news that doesn’t exist and slander people in the process.

Meyer IS entitled to his opinion.

Just as I am.

And on this issue we part ways.

If the REPORTING (not accusing, reporting what is being alleged) is true then we're looking at serious misconduct by the most senior member of the United States Marine Corps.

More importantly we're looking at a SERIOUS moral and ethical lapse too.

Meyer has been in the Marine Corps long enough to have seen people at all levels charged for less.  I've seen it and so has he.

Additionally Meyer is in a position to have at least as much visibility on this issue as I do...maybe more because of his MOH status.

The Marine Corps Times did their job....and Meyer should do his.  Specifically to safeguard the Marine Corps to the best of his ability and to realize that ONE MAN, no matter what his rank, is worth the integrity of the Corps.