CPT Dan Kearney receives MacArthur Award for Leadership

[@zzsql]

He got promoted to major already. We're lucky to have guys like him in the US Army

[@kylehagerman2284]

"tell him that I don't fucking care" best Line in this documentary

[@yellowhammer4747]

Congrats Maj. Kearney. Your an Officer I would follow sir.

[@grifter84]

@johnanthonyp Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to anyone like Capt. Kearney who puts his ass on the line for me. I'm not criticizing his military decisions. I'm not competent to do that. But I get the impression that, since they dress differently and speak a different language, he just can't see the Afghans as real people. This award is for leadership and, by treating the locals the way he did, he set a bad example for his troops to follow, maybe even a dangerous one.

[@zzsql]

Lucky = Fortunate as a nation to have men like him to stand up and help defend the nation. You didn't get that?

[@FREAKNIZZLE100]

kearney's a total badass

[@InlikeMikeQuinn]

A well deserved award

[@grifter84]

Have to disagree with most of the comments. I've never been in the military, so my perspective is incomplete, but I saw in Restrepo an officer who, while he might have been a solid tactician, was horrendously ill-suited to the job of communicating with the local people. He lectured and alienated the village elders even after his unit inflicted great harm on them. I understand that he was trained to be a soldier, not a diplomat, but, in this war, he needed to be both. Hope he's safe, though.

[@TheGhostfacekilla86]

@schmonkey I love when he says, " I DON'T GIVE A FUCK." lol

[@rdeclan]

Well, George, perhaps you could go enlist as a true 11B and show them all how it's done?

[@Mfresh43]

GREAT soldier

[@MiamiRSVP]

I agree.

[@MiamiRSVP]

I found the video a bit dishonorable when analyzing the tiny detailed HONORABLE important stuff. BUT I too am glad most of them are okay, being American. -_-

[@The0fficerRadical]

@grifter84 i couldn't agree more.

[@MiamiRSVP]

Why Lucky?

[@grifter84]

@FlyingBoxHead Not to be glib, but try saying "shit happens" the next time a foreign army drops airborne munitions on your hometown and kills your neighbors or your family. Even if what happened on that operation was the result of a reasonable mistake, it didn't absolve the officer who ordered it of the obligation to address the victims with dignity and consideration for what he'd just inflicted on them. Instead he got petulant and talked down to them as if they were children.

[@mattramirez8330]

I'll go 89delta...

[@FlyingBoxHead]

@grifter84 But then again there's the ''shit happens'' aspect that the Afghans seem to forget about.

[@MiamiRSVP]

I found that very dishonorable.

[@EdCo94]

facebook nick ross he is this guy