Medal of Honor recipient David Bellavia speaks out on 'Fox & Friends'
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Staff Sgt. David Bellavia, the first living Iraq war veteran to receive Medal of Honor, describes the 'grisly' 2004 combat mission that led to his recognition by President Trump. #FoxandFriends #FoxNews
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Staff sergeant I just a simple American person thank you and salute you,
With all my heart.
+Jack
Our best people don't even know how great they are.
i am from austria my full respect for this man, never should such heroes be forgotten
God bless you
Wow! Can you imagine how proud of him this guys family are? A very brave young man. Very best wished to him & his family from Queensland.
Nice sentiment Aussies! I will be remembering YOUR men of ANZAC/Diggers. Gallipoli. Bogans rule!🤘😬🤘
G'day, Sue, thanks for the attaboy to our solidier. How's Queensland doing these days? I'm an American woman who spent three _fantastic_ years in Oz, mostly in Cairns, Queensland. BEST THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE! Love to the Aussies.
The reef and the rainforest are my heaven on earth, and it is because of the heroism of men like David and the sheer courage and effort of all who have ever served for Democracy that makes it possible for me to experience this paradise.
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Cheers from an eternally grateful Aussie. 🐊🐬🐠🐙🐚🌴🐨
As a fellow Queenslander couldn't agree more ,when we are enjoying our beautiful country ,there's brave men and women fighting 24/7 in foreign countries making sacrifices for our freedom ,when most people don't even realise it's going on .Our son was injured and medically discharged and his biggest battle is now the DVA ,it's makes me sick that brave men and women are injured and worse and then fight their own government for help.
@@raeanker3078 We're on the same page Rae. My Son's also in the ADF & no one we know has anything complimentary to say about the DVA. Sincerely hope your Son has recovered now & wish him all the best for his future. My respect to him.
God bless you and all of our veterans. We the people are with you🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Too bad they didn't all just die horribly. It still wouldn't make up for the millions of dead civilians killed over an illegal war based on lies.
Amen
God bless him and all who serve in our military!!! We love you!⭐️👍🏻🇺🇸❤️😇🙏
I'm glad he said thank God not to many do thank God for saving their lives
Carol Lancaster, AMEN!!!!!!!
I so agree. Our country and our military are always in my prayers. They make the difference.
I've watched people that made fun of the religious services onboard as they walked thru the Crew's Mess... I watched two of them beg God for salvation as our submerged submarine was rapidly filling up with seawater... but a bunch of us fought back and we won!
Carol Lancaster to bad liberals hate our veterans
You may not Believe in God going into battle, BUT you do after the Battle (my Grandfather was 1st world war Vet he Said that) there are no atheists on the battlefield. I praise all these young Combat Soldiers
As a fellow veteran, sir I salute you!
Thank you for your service!! 🇺🇲
@Tony C Socialism? NEVER!
@Tony C Tony, Democratic Socialism is what ALL other THRIVING Democracies have. It's because I love my country, fallen Brothers and Allies that I want the strongest America possible. That only happens when you have a strong Middle Class. The Country's Backbone of strength lays in its opportunities for the working class not the present controlling 1 or 2 %! D.S. gives our people fair play and restricts the multi national corporate greed that controls our social, economic, political & environmental justice. If you truly love the U.S.A. with all your heart and with open eyes, You vote for america's last hope, Bernie Sanders. Regardless of where your political views are, we must come together as a united people with the power of love rather then hate. May Blessings be yours, I thank you for your comment. The following observation is taken from repeated history both from our country and others. When A Contrry's Peoples that can no longer express differing ideals in respect and democratic discourse, it slips down the slope toward Civil War. My Respects, ... Mike.
I read David’s book about 10years ago. Really happy for him. He deserves it
I need to read it
I read a book about someone in afghanistan that claimed they had osama but due to higher ups.... He got away. Realy can't blame the people on the ground for the things that go wrong.
Allan Molina; you won’t be disappointed.
@Josh Potatoes Just what is your point here, because this is not a nice comment and totally unnecessary.
One of the only books i read
Thanks you for your service both of you.
Thank you for saying “recipient” instead of “winner.” I know it’s a small thing that seems like just semantics, but as a vet I always cringe a little when I hear that
I do, as well. I would say that the majority of our fellow veterans agree with your statement.
I agree, it is not something that is won, it is something one receives in recognition of what they have done, no medal is won, it is not a game. Gladly he is alive and can pass along the tale and wear that heavy burden which is the utmost in Valor.
Cody Vandal I understand
As a member of the nation you fought to protect thank you for your Service (Land of the free because of the brave)
That has always bothered me as well. I’m not a veteran, but I have family and close friends who are. To put a word like “winning”, into a situation that most civilians and soldiers can’t understand; just not a good word to use in my humble opinion. Thank you and all the other veterans for keeping this country, ourselves, and our families safe. I can’t understand the sacrifices you all have made fore us, I can only imagine how great those sacrifices are and how much they’ve cost you all. Again thank you, you are and always will be my hero’s
Thank you for your service, Sir!
Thank You Medal of Honor recipient David Bellavia !!!
War is truly hell...we're glad you made it back good sir, so many others didn' t. You have our gratitude and our respect.
I've had the privilege to listen to SSgt Bellavia on our local radio show, local WNYer. Such an honor to have him here and so proud to know Americans like him are here for our freedoms. They stand up and stand in the way so we don't have to. God Bless and God speed, can't wait to get you back on your B&B show.
Congratulations on that medal David good job . I thank you very much for your service to our country !!
Our President is pretty awesome too !!!
This guy is the closest thing to a super hero. Thank you for your awesome service
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE STAFF SERGENT DAVID! UR AWESOME AND HOPE TO SEE YOU BECOME OUR FUTURE GENERAL.
@Holly Word
Yes they should be making millions of dollars for possible sacrificing their lives
😂😂🤣🤣🙃😂🤣😂
I am a vet but, thank God, never had to endure combat. I feel for this hero and the horrors that will likely haunt him until he dies.
A boy I once coached was in this battle, a member of Suicide Charley, USMC. Americans need to know about this battle and the men who fought with great courage.
This makes me proud to be an American. God bless Trump. God bless our troops. God bless America.
He is man in America history
"Someone else will raise your children."
Goat. Fair Winds sir.
I love how the President honored his fellow soldiers. Trump 2020
fellow soldiers ? as a vet i feel insulted
@@juanrodriguez-ry6yt People who say "as a vet" are douchebags
@@juanrodriguez-ry6yt I apologize for anyone calling you names as a vet. Can you explain why you feel insulted?
@@texastornado1195 no he can't.. I doubt he's a vet... If he was it was some weak non-combat MOS... Coming from a 0311 vet.. Marine Corps Infantry.
@@juanrodriguez-ry6yt
You think President Trump should not have mentioned Staff Sgt's team?
I think your "As a vet" is not true. How is it that "as a vet " you do not know that these honorable men work as a team?
What a humble straight forward man, thank you David for protecting America...protecting us!!!! Words are not enough.
I thank you for your service and may God bless you and your family sir
"This man is John Rambo in real life...awesome sir Happy days to you & your precious family...Blessings from The Povey Family New Zealand....
@Andy G have you watched Water Boy or Rocky Belboa? I have including Rambo...thanks Andy
@Andy G The one thing you left out, I will add. Boxers and Football Players do it for money and fame but our American Soldiers do it for Love Of Country and the American People.
@Andy G I agree
Won’t see this on any fake news
Sad but true.
you're right about that, and this story is great. but make no mistake.. FOX is fake news too. just of a different flavor. light years better than any of the liberal alternatives (ie. the remainder of the msm) but in order for society to be restored, ALL MSM NETWORKS MUST BE OBLITERATED, fox included. (Tucker is the greatest journalist alive however)
Who in the hell would thumbs down??? Thank you sir! 🇺🇸👍
A special kind of NPC, it has blue skin and a empty headed pinkhat wareing ReeReeeee.
Orange man bad, orange man bad.
Tom Mitchell A Liberal with TDS.
And again... that's why i love President Trump. And i am from South Africa!
Voetsek, you roinekk.
Let's Make South Africa Great!!
Thank you for your service one thing you said I never thought of it that way you are the greatest generation thanks again God bless
yes I was proud to serve, did 5 tours of duty, but I wish we could end these wars. I son't want anymore troops going overseas.
Inspiring. Such genuine humility, so rare... salute.
God bless you Staff Sgt David Bellavia, from Australia. We need more heroes like you.
Thank you sir, for your service and sacrifices.
He's got the " eye of the tiger ' well done sir !
David you are a GREAT AMERICAN! Thanks for your service. You have made Buffalo and all of Western New York very proud!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your service you are greatly appreciated!
Thank You Staff Sergeant Bellavia. You and all vets, both fallen and surviving, you all will forever be the greatest heroes of all time. God bless each and everyone of you
The right man at the right time.
He protected his men.
He fought for his country.
He brought honor on the US Army.
God Bless Him.
Proud to have served in Iraq. No shame in my service to my country
MOST DESERVED!! CONGRATULATIONS S SGT BELLAVIA!! WELL DONE!
Love my country!! this are great people!
Thank you for your service to our great country Sir.
Our President Trump is doing what a true commender and chief does
"There was an implement used," what a great line...
Proud to have men and women like him fighting for this country that I love! Thank you SGT Bellavia
Weren't you in 2/2 infantry?
No Michael, I’m a USAF aircraft mechanic. Nothing like this, but I love and respect all my brothers and sisters in arms especially ppl like this!
@@joesalazar2634 I thought I remember a Joe Salazar in 2/2. Wrong one I guess
God bless you and your team SSG Bellavia. Win us another fight. Use the high platform you have been given to keep us out of BS wars.
Way to go sir, thank you for your service😃!!!!! Trump 2020 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸👍
I heard your story Staff Sgt. I watched your speech. It brought me to tears. I enjoyed it. Thanks for your service Sgt
From an old Sgt. I thank you for your unwavering sense of duty, and your actions that prove it.
"Its WHO your peers are"
My 21yr old dgt is enlisting full time, leaving her 3yr old son with us. It is an honor and a privilege to support her while she serves our country.
I know she will have much better peers in the Army and will excel at whatever they ask of her. I believe she is safer wherever she deploys than she is here with no direction and snowflake peers.
Thank you for your service.
Thank you to the whole team.
Thank you for bringing as many of those sons and fathers home as you could. I'm so sorry for your loss of those whom God called home.
Thank you.
❄️'s??? Don't blame the army, blame the person in charge. Tired of people blaming the entire system rather than those who are actually responsible. That's weak.
@@E_X_H_U_M_E_D_06 I have no idea what you're talking about
Her friends here at home are snowflakes not the army
Wow..... Read it again.... Maybe ask a grown up to explain it to you.....🙄
He is so humble and makes it about his whole group, we need more people like this.
God Bless. Your country Loves you back!
Humble and authentic. That's how you know a real operator.
My gratitude and respect are beyond words.
His speech at the Pentagon was purely amazing....what a true hero....he only spoke of the people whom he served with in the most humble and honorable way.
God bless you, Staff Sergeant Bellavia. Thank you for your service.
Thank you very much for your service
Humility that we rarely see. Good bless you sir.
Best wishes and thanks to Staff Sgt Bellavia from Australia
Please make a movie of this story. I know Fox & Friends can make it happen by pointing it to the right unbiased producers and directors.
God Bless you SSgt! Thank you for your service and dedication to America
Thank you for your service. God bless you and God bless America.
He is so right "show me your friends and I'll show you your future."
Hats off to this fine NCO. I was serving in the Abu-Ghraib area during the combat actions that led to SSG Bellavia CMOH. Respect!
You can best thank us for our service by remembering those who did not come home and always honor what we did. We are not the politicians making stupid decisions... we just obeyed orders, protected our own and did our job.
God bless you David, and God bless America . Thank you Sir for your service.
Look at the ribbons on that mans uniform. That man has been around. Every service man knows. Every ribbon is a deployment. What an honor to see a patriot.
No, it's not. Some of those are for schools, good conduct, simply joining the Army, just being in during war time, taking this class or that, etc.
Furthermore, what he did was entirely common over there.
I was in Fallujah for the same fight, this was every day stuff and honestly mundane. Just evidence there should be a lot more of these awards than are given. Congrats to him though.
Outstanding job Soldier!
Congratulations to David Bellavia. I often listen to him and Tom Bauerle on the radio.
IT’S BAUERLE AND BELLAVIA
Me too. It's so weird seeing this after hearing him on the radio over the years
Go trump and bolsonaro
GREATEST RESPECT FOR YOU GUYS...HATS DOWN!!!!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION SIR!!! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MEN WHO DIED FIGHTING WITH YOU & THEIR FAMILIES FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR FREEDOMS!🇺🇸❤🇺🇸💙🕊
God bless you staff Sgt Bellavia
Thank you sir!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
All of our past,present and future military service members have the a medal of honor in my heart.
This is what makes me a proud American! Thank you Vets for your service!
From a fellow NCO's perspective, This man is an Amazing NCO and well deserving of the Medal of Honor. Such a great example to younger NCOs to aspire to be like & emulate. Hooah!!!
He is up there with Sgt York and Audi Murphy. Very select company.
My son spent 2 15 month tours in Iraq and 3 9 month tours in Afghanistan. Truly this generation is the greatest!
Congratulations sir for your service to our country. God bless you and your family
I am literally SHAKING in admiration for this man. I cannot imagine such courage.
Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
I heard the Marines were the tip of the spear... shout to all those brave Marines.
Nope.
@@mostlycensored7668 Yep! It was a Marine Corps operation as the Staff sergeant stated. They were the first in. Thank you Marines.
Yep! It was Marine Corps operation. Thanks to all those brave Marines
@@williamprice2677 I was in the ONLY platoon inside of Fallujah for 5 days at TCP1. 40 of us held off the entire city, ALONE. THEN they started clearing from the north while we stayed in the center of the city and they pushed everything towards us. Our unit received a Naval Unit Comendation and Valorous Unit Award besides pretty much everyone getting a purple heart. We were BEHIND enemy lines the entire time with no relief. Marines had abandoned the position and their commander couldn't find a marine COMPANY to man the position. You "heard" wrong.
@@mostlycensored7668 Got a problem with the Marines? Marines don't abandon positions, but could have been ordered out... By the way I have my own purple heart and an Army Commendation for my service in Chu Lai and Da Nang. Like I said Kutos to the Marines that were in that city. Relax son...
SSGT Bellavia, Your articulate expression reveals the level of intellect within today’s American military. You are obviously a great and inspirational leader. Alpha. It would be an honor to shake your hand. I’m so proud of our all-volunteer service members. Love from an old Marine Sgt. Two tours Vietnam 1968 -1970. Landed in DaNang on my 19 th birthday. Best and toughest time of my life. I’m proud of every second of it. I would do it all again. I love America. I thank God daily for my life. Dave Heitman Semper Fidelis
Thank You & God Bless You Mr.Bellavia..& God Bless America🇺🇸
*Respect David*
“America is worth any sacrifice”
Spoken like a true hero... There are those out there who don’t understand what this country means to us hard working red blooded Americans. You sir are a true patriot and I know there’s a lot more out there just like you. God bless America!
FOLLOWUP 3 (of 5):
The scariest people in government are NOT those that go in rich and can't be bought. The scariest people are those that go in poor and come out multi-millionaires. THEY are the people the lobbyists love. THEY are the people selling the sovereignty of this nation to the highest bidder. It's not for nothing that the most abusive mega-business owners, like Jeff Besos and Bill Gates are ALWAYS democrats. Besos and Gates count heavily upon their dem friends in power to wipe out all of their competitors that play by the rules. Why don't dem voters have the smarts to get that????? Why? Because the dem psychopaths in positions of authority are out there everyday telling their stupid constituents the obvious lie that they are the only ones in government on the side of the poor and downtrodden. They are careful not to speak a sentence without snidely throwing out one or more of the most politically useful buzz words (morality, ethics, integrity, etc) that assure their easily manipulated followers that they must indeed be standing on the moral high ground. They have actually convinced their pathetic herds that becoming filthy rich while 'serving the people' is acceptable as long as one can claim to have come from humble beginnings. While they purposefully 'obstruct' the great potential of this nation to provide wealth to EVERY law-abiding, hard-working American, they themselves roll in ill-gotten dough. What's worse is that they manage to also perpetuate the lie that the rich are morally inferior by virtue of their wealth and that the poor are virtuous because of their suffering and poverty, creating the very division that they accuse others for having caused. What an easy scam on the gullible! Yet, let's get one thing straight, while the lies the dem bureaucrats tell are unabashedly evil, the stupidity of their constituents is just as evil.
Yes, you heard me. Stupidity is a form of evil and must be judged accordingly. Why? Because self-pitying stupid people take no responsibility for the fact that they are colluding with the worst humanity has to offer to rob and hurt the lives of decent, innocent people. The majority of 'confused' dem voters are people that demand love and respect for themselves but never learn to give it in return. They have convinced themselves that their commercializable pain is the hallmark of sensitivity when, of course, it is just the hallmark of narcissistic immaturity. These are people who believe they are somehow exempt from having to live according to the rules of fair play, always seeking out their UNDESERVED ADVANTAGES instead, never caring about the injustices that must be perpetrated to provide them. These are people glued to the dem masters that know how to expertly nurse their mean-spirited desire to even up some historical scoreboard so that they never have to open their eyes to the pain and devastation they are causing in the lives of people that only want to do right in this generation, people that most often have far more to offer for the greater good than those that wish to prevent them. That's why.
SO TO ALL GOOD AMERICANS WHO STILL CARE ABOUT THE GREAT PRINCIPLE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, FOR THE RICH AND THE POOR, FOR THE AMERICAN AND FOR THE STRANGER AMONG US, IT IS HIGH TIME TO CALL FOR THE JUDGMENT TO BEGIN.
WE have no reason to fear and we do have a great nation to save.
WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING TO PROTECT:
You may not know this yet but it is the JUDEO-CHRISTIAN ETHIC that unites ALL good Americans. Many, many atheists have laid down their lives to protect it. In fact, many of the best defenders of the Christ mission have no interest in participating in the Christian faith. Certainly the holocaust survivors and their descendants continue to defend the ethic. Read on to understand the great principle that has made the United States of America exceptional above all others:
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While a nation that separates church and state can function, a nation that rejects basic Judeo-Christian principles is destined to devolve into banana republicanism. There certainly were deists among our Christian forefathers but they too embraced biblical morality because they understood it to be the highest of human aspirations.
These are the 'Christian' principles that made this nation 'exceptional', protected us from corruptive practices and gave us the hope of LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL for many generations. You would do well to know and value them:
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: THOU SHALT NOT RESPECT THE PERSON OF THE POOR, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall have ONE MANNER OF LAW, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 24:22
The end of our republic must begin with the fracturing of its SOCIAL CONTRACT, the ONE LAW for ALL unifying principle. Why is that? Because when the laws become skewed to place the most amoral, the least talented and the least trustworthy personalities ahead of the more deserving the problem is that these people are simply not equipped to preserve the system of equality that better men and women fought, bled and died to give us.
A system of MERITOCRACY is the hallmark of a functioning republic. Ours was intended to be a nation grounded in the vision of EQUAL OPPORTUNITY for EVERY CITIZEN. Of course, we have been an admittedly unperfected work in progress for generations but, nevertheless, this vision has been humanity's greatest pride. Today it is being threatened with the secular vision of MATERIAL equity for all regardless of social contribution. This is the first step towards the return to a Dark Age tyranny that limits the hope of individual aspiration and allows the marginal access to positions of authority.
Remember this, human glory has always been the gift of a very talented few forging the way for the masses to benefit. There is nothing wrong with hierarchy as long as each and every human being has the right to express themselves to their fullest potential, that is, until and unless they prevent their neighbor from doing so as well. For this very reason we must have the Judeo-Christian principles in place to protect every one of us.
What we are experiencing today, however, is that an elitist few are demanding the controlled leveling of both mind and speech from the many that they perceive to be beneath them. A situation has been purposefully contrived in which the most morally insightful individuals in our nation are being routinely shouted down by self-pitying, arrogantly amoral masses that are undeservedly attempting to perpetrate a national theft against these well-intentioned people. The forefathers established this nation as a republic to prevent this very situation which they rightly described as 'tyranny of the majority'.
The ONLY THING that will save what is left of our republic is the return to the Judeo-Christian principles outlined above. However, don't worry, in a nation grounded upon these principles you can still choose to live out your secularism in total peace. While the Islamic god, Allah, demands 'submission' from all of humanity, Judeo-Christianity at its core is about the struggle to preserve the conditions of freedom that allow each man and woman to CHOOSE THEIR OWN DESTINY. THAT'S the point.
Thank you Sir ,for your service and all you've done to keep us safe, and to all you service men and women thank you and God bless!!!
I just belted a HOOAH right now with my voice cracking and eyes full of tears... and it was great. Thank you and never forget.
Very humbled man, congratulations Sgt. Bellavia
Humble.
I was at operation phantom fury as well with the 1st Cav division support command. Salute to you SSG! - SGT Tran
This dude is so humble for being a hardcore killer. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 thank you sir.
Amazing person, God bless him.
Thank you, Staff Sergeant. Thank you, thank you, thank you... You are a true HERO
I did my time in 1991, 2001, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2010-11 in the Middle East as a grunt. This was a great interview. I was proud to serve with all those who went to the sand box. 🇺🇸
THANK YOU POTUS FOR GIVING THIS MAN HONOR🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you and all who have served this great nation.
God bless our veterans.
What an awesome interview and incredible story! Hooah SSG Bellavia!
I see he removed his silver star ribbon and replaced it with the MOH ribbon. If I recall, your not supposed to wear both ribbon and Medal device. I thank you for your great service. Two of my cousins' were MOH awardees also, one Posthumously.
@Jeffrey Port - God be with you and your family.