Posted August 27, 2015 10:13 am by Comments

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from the National Guard Bureau:

Spc. Aleksander R. Skarlatos, one of three Americans who subdued a heavily armed gunman on a Paris-bound train, will be awarded the Soldiers Medal – the U.S. Army’s highest award for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.

Senior Army leaders announced Tuesday that Skarlatos, a member of the Oregon Army National Guard, will receive the award after reviewing information submitted by the National Guard Bureau.

Skarlatos was traveling from Amsterdam to Paris when a gunman emerged from a train lavatory carrying an AK-47 and a Lugar pistol. After hearing the sound of gunfire, Skarlatos called to others on the train to act, then charged the gunman.

He then “forcefully wrestled the two firearms from the gunman’s possession,” according to the award submission. “As the gunman fought relentlessly, wielding a box-cutting razor, Spc. Skarlatos seized the assailant’s own rifle to employ as a blunt weapon,” knocking the gunman unconscious, then securing him “with makeshift restraints.”

“Spc. Skarlatos’ actions that day epitomize what we mean by a Soldier of character – one who lives by a personal code where …read more

Source:: Tactical Life

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