Green Beret Slain Fighting Attacker in Jordan Receives Posthumous Silver Star
Maj. Gen. Miguel Correa presents Staff Sgt. Jimmy Moriarty’s Silver Star to the slain Green Beret’s mother, Cindy, (left) and older sister Becky Moriarty Davis. Moriarty was honored in a ceremony for his courage in a Nov. 4, 2016 attack in Jordan. (Courtesy of Moriarty Family)
28 Jan 2021
Crouched behind a concrete barrier, Staff Sgt. Jimmy Moriarty waited for his assailant. Just minutes before, a Jordanian soldier, armed with an M16 rifle, had gunned down Moriarty s two fellow Green Berets at a security gate at King Faisal Air Base in Jordan.
SSgt. James Moriarty, killed in Jordan in 2016, to receive Silver Star
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Staff Sgt. James Moriarty will be posthumously honored with the Silver Star medal on Wednesday for gallantry in action in 2016 in Jordan. Photo courtesy of USSOCOM/Twitter
Jan. 27 (UPI) SSgt. James F. Moriarty, who died in 2016 in a Jordan gun battle, will receive the Silver Star medal on Wednesday, the U.S. Special Operations Command said. Moriarty will be posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal today, on his birthday, for his gallantry in which his actions were directly responsible for the survival of another Green Beret, U.S. Special Forces Command said in an announcement on Twitter.
no sound, you can clearly see the american soldiers coming under attack, and then trying to defend themselves and hiding behind security barriers. this was not a split-second misunderstanding, as originally told. air force sergeant marik al-tuwayha was sentenced to life in prison. protests in jordan, particularly among his tribal supporters, and they are a big tribe that supports the king there. they appear that the video released to try to defuse the protests and prevent marik al-tuwayha from becoming a martyr in jordan. the pentagon has not said much about this other than to say, jordan is a keen ally in the region. u.s. troops continue to operate there. clearly, there were some really big concerns about the overall relationship. this was covered up at the very beginning. the video now coming out, showing a very different explanation than the ones that were given initially. shannon: conor powell, thank you for the update.