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The Real Rambo: Roy Benavides
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Last: 6 mo ago by JA83
BAMF!!!
I bleed Maroon and I wipe burnt orange!
Outstanding video, well worth watching. I knew a lot of this, but also learned a lot more of the details. .
F4GIB71
Not a supporter of changing army bases names, but cmon, if your gonna change Fort Hood why not name it after this man?
Highly suggest watching any and all of the The Fat Electrician's videos. Very informative and funny with his style.
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They should have named Ft Bragg after him, he's an SF legend. Cavazos was the 2AD ADC at Hood, choosing him was a good choice IMO.
Gen Cavazos was a stud too, not trying to diminish him at all. In fact, I don't know how he wasn't awarded the MOH. His DSC write up is nuts.
JABQ04 said:
Not a supporter of changing army bases names, but cmon, if your gonna change Fort Hood why not name it after this man?
They would never let enlisted swine get their own base named after them.
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Getting back to MSG Benavides, he gave a presentation to the Corps in Rudder Auditorium when I was Pisshead - you could have heard a pin drop after his MOH citation was read. He then fielded questions from Cadets for about 30 minutes - super humble and forthright. To paraphrase one thing he said that stuck with me, "I did what I did for my buddies."
Now to segue. Much later in my career I got to organize a visit for Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye (read Inouye's MOH citation if you haven't heard of him) to the Mid-course Missile Defense facilities at Ft. Greely, AK. On the day of the actual event, my team and I were relegated to the peanut gallery as the Missile Defense program's two and three stars ascended to the front row for the opening briefings. After the briefings, Senator Inouye made it a point to walk over to the peanut gallery and shake hands with my team. I was damn near floored when he gave us a thank you - he must have known who did the work. Later, it hit me that he did it with the same sort of demeanor as MSG Benavides displayed.
Now to segue. Much later in my career I got to organize a visit for Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye (read Inouye's MOH citation if you haven't heard of him) to the Mid-course Missile Defense facilities at Ft. Greely, AK. On the day of the actual event, my team and I were relegated to the peanut gallery as the Missile Defense program's two and three stars ascended to the front row for the opening briefings. After the briefings, Senator Inouye made it a point to walk over to the peanut gallery and shake hands with my team. I was damn near floored when he gave us a thank you - he must have known who did the work. Later, it hit me that he did it with the same sort of demeanor as MSG Benavides displayed.