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President @ Warrior Rescue | Veteran Advocate, Peer Support Specialist

Corporal Jason M. Hassinger led his squad forward to relieve Marines trapped in a kill zone, despite being shot four times. As he advanced, Cpl Hassinger was hit by four machine gun bullets. Several were stopped by his protective equipment, allowing him to press forward. He personally returned fire with his M4 and grenade launcher, while directing the squad, until the enemy was silenced. He then aggressively moved to cut off the enemy's escape, until he finally collapsed from his wounds. For his heroic actions and fearless determination, Cpl Hassinger was awarded the Silver Star. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hassinger has since left active duty, but now continues serving the veteran community as a supervisor with Disabled American Veterans out of Philadelphia. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "...serving as Fire Team Leader, Company F, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, on 5 March 2011 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. During a security patrol in northern Marjah, Corporal Hassinger's squad became engaged, and one of the patrol sections was pinned down by intense and sustained machine gun fire. As Corporal Hassinger immediately led his section forward to suppress the enemy, he sustained four direct hits to his personal protective equipment. Disregarding his injuries, he boldly led his team forward to a position from which they suppressed the enemy and enabled the trapped Marines to maneuver out of the kill zone. Braving accurate incoming fire, he calmly and fearlessly directed his team while delivering devastating fire on the enemy with his own M-4 rifle and M-203 grenade launcher. After silencing the enemy's fire, Corporal Hassinger helped re-organize and prepare the squad to cut off the enemy's egress. He repeatedly refused medical evacuation until he finally collapsed from his wounds." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #battlesightzero #bzo #history #military #militaryhistory #veteran #veterans #america #usmc #marinecorps #marines #semperfi #semperfidelis #oef #operationenduringfreedom #silverstar #0311

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Respect ...........

Tom Shipley

Senior Solutions Architect - Cloud and Infrastructure on C2C with SOFtact Solutions LLC. at Shipley Solutions Corporation.

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SEMPER FI Brother!

Thomas McHale

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Beyond Outstanding! God Bless Cpl Hassinger.

Surprised he didn’t get MoH

Joshua Johnson

Vice President at Sunbelt Rentals

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Thank you for your Sacrifice

Ted Lamb

President; Lamb & Company, Inc.

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🇺🇸🙏🏻. Another wonderful hero.

Jimmy Adams

Hospitality Executive- CHA,CHRM,CHSP,CHSE

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Hero

Jon Sipole

Call Center Management Position - Operations, WFM, QA, Training, Account Management and United States Marine Corps veteran.

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Semper Fi Marines, Remember there is no such thing as a former Marine, 2nd Marine Division, FMF 🇺🇸

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