European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June stars and stripes heroes Page 21 they had a Bead on me by Leo Shane in stars and stripes Aubrey Mcdade knew there were three marines in the alleyway pinned Down and quickly bleeding to reaching them meant three trips from the cover behind his units Upa Mored humvee deep into the enemy shooting and three trips Back out carrying the wounded while dodging gunnery sergeant name Aubrey Mcdade unit 1st com Pany first eighth marines medal Navy Cross earned in Iraq said if i got he want going to be Able to come out and get the squad Leader i told him just dont let me Mcdade company had been fighting in fal Lujah for almost a but none of the previous encounters with insurgents was very but on another company with the first eighth marines was ambushed while pushing through the Center of the and company b with Mcdade machine gun squad was m turn called in to the gear will protect to a Back them As they arrived at the enemy fighters dressed As iraqi Security forces caught them Mcdade was Manning a gun a few blocks away when the three marines were shot trying to drop Back and under cover Mcdade took his first trip into the running a few Hundred feet toward the closest but it want going to be Able to Stop All the stuff they were sending i just took it off and hoped that if i moved fast they  be Able to hit Aubrey Mcdade injured they had night vision goggles or because they had a Bead on he they started firing into the it was so the Bushes caught on fire on he made it unharmed to Lance Andrew rus whose leg had nearly been severed by machine gun in order to lift him he took off most of russells just like he had dropped his own moments i kept on the flak jacket and the Kevlar helmet and my the 25yearold Marine i had heavier and a and Magazine of extra ammo the gear will protect to a but it want going to be Able to Stop All the stuff they were sending i just took it off and hoped that if i moved fast they  be Able to hit once he had Russell Slung across his he lumbered Back toward the Safe the insurgents followed each the rounds were getting real close to so i just tossed Russell As far As i could and just Laid Down in the he when it lightened i drug him the rest of the Way to the he paused for a moment before heading Back for a second it was the same Story sprinting then diving then crawling to then repeat ing the process again and again until he reached Lance Christian who had a less severe leg he was a Little bitty so i made him take off All of his had him keep his put him on my Shoul Der and ran As fast As i he they reached As Mcdade prepared for another trip tank reinforcements and helped Clear a path Down the Alley to where Nathan Anderson had after the first two Bullet dodging the third one was literally a stroll Down the Courtesy of Aubrey Mcdade Aubrey Mcdade receives the Navy Cross from Paul commanding general of Marine corps Eastern recruiting in it want fast enough for who died before the help troops on the scene believed he was dead before Mcdade began his heroic but said Mcdade insisted on trying to save now a Drill instructor at Marine corps re Cruit depot Parris Island in South was awarded the Navy Cross earlier this year for his courage that his citation reads that his Quick thinking and aggressive actions were crucial in saving the lives of two of the three he still wishes All three trips had been email Leo Shane at  Many of us never Felt More alive by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes if War was like the they would have gone at it just Jason Amerine and his nine special forces soldiers and 50 afghan irregulars against since War int like the Amerine who is now a name Jason Amerine unit operation detachment a 574 modal Bronze Star with v earned Winter 2001 in Afghanistan major the sensible he called in Navy f14s and air Force and since War really int like the the afghan irregulars fighting with Amerine operation detachment a Oda 574 on didst stand bravely by and fight to the bitter end with their american they were so freaked out by the airstrikes that they fired up the pickup trucks that had brought the entire group up into the Foothills of the hindu Rush and High tailed it Back to Tarin in Southern Afghanistan uru Zgan and try to Stop the because the City was the prize that the whole reason Amerine and his soldiers were in the they were trying to Block the who were coming in to try and retake the City from local who had gotten thanks to encouragement from Hamid Karzai and his band of Freedom and hanged the Tali ban sponsored mayor from a Lamppost the Day the Taliban had gotten wind of this and mounted a very Large Convoy in Kandahar to come get their City according to what Amerine and Karzai had Learned through the Amerine and Oda 574 infiltrated Afghanistan by mh60 pave a special operations variant of the Black Hawk on the Small team had a very big Amerine told stripes in an interview in Washington to help Afghanistan future and 200 of his fighters foment rebellion against the Taliban in the Southern part of the Tarin Kot was a key to the because it was the very Birthplace of the and everything was going until As soon As the trucks had stopped in the the local guerrillas got unnerved by the their american Brothers had to grab their afghan Brothers by their Shawar Khamee Zes and throw them out of the so they could commandeer the Damn things and get Back up into the pass airstrikes the Oda started calling in on the Taliban Amerine and his team were Able to prevail that Day despite that temporary they were aided by the people of Tarin who started pouring out of their houses to defend their town against the Taliban that had Bro Ken Amerine hours of close combat the Amerine people had the Taliban were delivered a crushing that was some pretty heavy Amerine Tarin Kot was just their first of Many fights that Amerine and his team engaged in Over the next few weeks As they and Karzai kept moving Ever closer to the Taliban stronghold of the team was involved in a Street Street Battle to win the City show Ali Kot on and a Taliban counterattack that threatened to surround the Amerine and his team captured the Only Bridge that crosses the arg hand a major River Between Tarin Kot and in the the team was attacked by Taliban in the town of Sayyid Alma finally forcing the enemy to on the Taliban sent a delegation to surrender Amerine was awarded the Bronze Star with v device for his contributions in leading Oda and Amerine want the Only hero on Oda on his team were the recipients of three Silver four Bronze stars with v three Bronze stars and 11 purple Many of us never Felt More have than we did in Amerine i had a lot of fun Amerine the actions of his his and his reaction to the whole sound a lot like the movies take on but War int like the so theres one More part of this Story to because the fun stopped on Amerine on that a b52 aircraft dropping pounds of explosives missed its target while flying a Mission North of the bomb landed 100 Yards from the position of Amerine special forces three of Amerine soldiers died Brian Cody master Jefferson Donald Davis and first class Daniel another 20 including were not like the email Lisa Burgess at