Army Captain Florent Groberg To Receive Medal of Honor

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from J.D. Leipold and the U.S. Army:

An American Soldier who was born in France, lived in Spain, and later moved to the United States with his family where he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2001, will receive the nation’s highest military award for actions in Afghanistan.

Capt. Florent A. Groberg, now medically retired, will receive the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama, during a White House ceremony, Nov. 12.

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Born in Poissy, France, in 1983, Groberg’s family would eventually move to Spain, back to France, and then finally to the nation’s capital. He became a U.S. citizen by his 18th birthday and graduated from Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland, in June 2001.

Known as “Flo” to his friends, Groberg next attended the University of Maryland, where he competed in varsity track and cross country. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in criminology and criminal justice in May 2006.

By then, Groberg said, he felt he owed something to the country he’d sworn allegiance to. So in July 2008, he signed up for the Army, and was off to Officer Candidate School on Fort …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life