U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Eric Geressy shares his story of sacrifice on 'Fox & Friends Weekend.'
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Pete, our next guest served in
the: U Dot S army for twenty six years,
enlisting when he was just seventeen
years old and was on the ground
at the start of the Iraq war
in two thousand and seven in this hero led eighty of
his troops into battle following
a surprise, attack from over two hundred
members of Al Qaeda,
his bravery and he Rowism earned
him the Silver STAR and hes
fivetures. In my upcoming book,
modern warriors
sergeant major thanks for being
here.
Ive got to tell our viewers.
You will always be first
sergeant to me
laughter.
We served together in Iraq in
two thousand and five and two thousand and six,
and when I decided to do this
book, I thought whos, the guy
that embodies what it means to
be a warrior, and I thought of
you
if you would just share a
little bit of your story about
what it means to be a part of
the brotherhood and a warrior
good morning, PETE
Good Morning, everybody on the
show
honor to be here.
You know I dont like talking
too much about. I just did my
part. You know which was
expected as the senior NCO for
our company,
but I do like to highlight the
service and the sacrifices of
our soldiers that served
especially the nine slash eleven veterans.
These are guys who went and
ladies, went repeatedly year
after year, deployment after
deployment for many years to the
point where you got put
yourself in the mindset that you
were going to go until either
you were killed in action or you
were too hurt to go back.
It wasnt, just those who wore
the uniform who sacrificed, but
also those families that waited
and stayed at home.
So this is why this is important
to tell these stories books
like youre writing with and
what you do continue to do, for
the veterans needs to be told.
The sacrifice was more than most
people can imagine between Iraq
and Afghanistan and im, like I
said, I was honored to be there
serving alongside some of our
countrys finest
PETE sergeant major, no one
loves the troops more than you
do and I can attest to that
firsthand. No doubt
I was on your second tour to
Iraq.
You did a third one where your
outpost was ambushed.
You were awarded the Silver
STAR, have been nominated for
the distinguished service cross
and should receive it frankly
for what you did that day,
just break down that moment for
us.
So this is on my third
deployment. It was in 2007 2008.
I was in the first Eagle
Company, Second squadron Second
Striker Cavalry and I we had
row anticipated into sector.
We assumed the position called
the combat outpost in EAST
Baghdad.
We were only on the ground for
about two or three days, but our
company had trained. You know
very very hard,
you hear the saying everybody
wants to be a winner, but then
Everybodys got the will to
prepare to win.
We went in there and we were
ready.
We established our parties of
work, got the outpost prepared,
so we could defend from and we
were attacked within about forty eight
hours of being on the ground.
The outpost was ace tacked from
three different directions at
once, and you know the thing I
could the most I couldnt be
any more proud of how my
soldiers performed that day.
Taking care of each other during
a very difficult situation,
PETE Sergeant Major and they
love you
were out of time but thats.
Why people need to get this
book modern warriors to read
stories like this.
It was the preparation you put
in that allowed guys to come
home alive and we remember
those who didnt
sergeant major Eric Geressey.
You wont take the title but
youre a hero, and somehow you
made it through this segment
without offending everybody
which youre good at
laughter.
We love you sergeant major.
Thank you very much
laughter.
Transcript generated on 2020-11-22.