Sig Crafts MK25 Pistol to Honor SEAL Master Chief Slabinski (VIDEO)

By Chris Eger

New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer announced this week they have created a special MK25 pistol to commemorate the actions of SEAL Medal of Honor recipient Britt Slabinski.
Slabinski, a Massachusetts-native who made Eagle Scout at age 14 and joined the Navy right out of high school in 1988, served 25 years in elite SEAL units, ammassing 15 combat deployments.
On March 4, 2002, then-Senior Chief Slabinski was leading Mako 30, a reconnaissance team atop Takur Ghar, a 10,000-foot snow-covered mountain in Afghanistan, during Operation Anaconda. An enemy RPG attack on the team’s insertion helicopter caused a fellow SEAL to fall onto the enemy-occupied mountaintop below and forced the damaged helicopter to crash land. Slabinski led a furious 14-hour-long action in sometimes waist-deep snow until they could be extracted.
Slabinski was credited with rallying his teammates to rescue a stranded Team member but was not recognized with the nation’s highest combat honor until 16 years after the event.
Slabinski in 2002 during Operation Anaconda and in 2018 (Photos: U.S. Navy)
Presented with the Medal of Honor in 2018 by President Trump, the SEAL downplayed his own actions. He spoke of the fellow servicemen who lost their lives during the operation and those who continue to serve. “This

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