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FORT SILL, Okla. (Oct. 21,2022) Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee came to Fort Sill Oct. 20, 2022 and talked to various groups of Soldiers about the training and opportunities available in the best trained and equipped Army in the world.
“I hope if there's one takeaway that I want Soldiers to take from my story it’s that I was successful in a bad situation because of my training. And it doesn't matter what job you have. You're in the best trained, the best equipped military. When you get on the battlefield, be confident and be aggressive because there is no one out there as good as us at this thing,” said Plumlee.
Plumlee had lunch at the Gun and Rockets Dining Facility with a group of Advanced Individual Training students and answered many questions. He then went to Snow Hall and spoke to a packed room of noncommissioned officers to establish the importance of their role in the Army, opportunities ahead for them, and about taking care of their Soldiers.
“I think the real takeaway from my story is I trained hard, I trained realistically. And then when I executed on the battlefield, I was successful and that's an Army story,” said Plumlee.
He followed with speaking to Basic Officer Leader Course and Captain’s Career Course Soldiers about establishing the importance of their future role in the Army, taking care of their Soldiers and transformational leadership.
Plumlee’s messages throughout the day were about retaining talent in the Army, that people are always first and the readiness of our Soldiers, families, and leadership.
Plumlee was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden Dec. 18, 2021, for his actions during the Global War on Terrorism.
His award was for gallantry in action in August 2013, while serving with Operation Detachment Alpha 1434, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Then-Sgt. 1st Class Plumlee distinguished himself when a vehicle-borne IED initiated an attack on Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, followed by the attack of nine insurgents armed with small arms, grenades, rocket-propelled grenades and suicide vests.
During the attack, Plumlee repeatedly engaged the enemy at close range, was wounded by a detonating suicide vest, risked his life to get another Soldier to safety and provide first aid, all while continually putting himself in the line of fire to prevent the assault from penetrating the perimeter of the FOB.
| Date Taken: | 10.20.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 10.21.2022 16:26 |
| Story ID: | 431824 |
| Location: | FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, US |
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