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Radical

Campaign: ChelteNam

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United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Platoon SNCO
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Record of service

Rank history, operations served, injuries, medals and commendations.

Staff Sergeant

Promoted on 16 May 2024

OperationParticipated in operation
22 Sep 2024
Operation: Op Attention Lye - Drive the truck up to the firebase, and then defend it while we try to get the parts for the radio to get help, as we're assaulted for many days on end by waves of Chelty bastards. And a mortar. And a flame tank. And rockets.
Medal: Vietnam Service Medal
Medal: Vietnam Campaign Medal
Medal: National Defense Service Medal
Medal: Bronze Star Medal
Reason: AWARDED Bronze Star Medal (BSM) for leading a strike team outside the wire while Firebase Warden was under mortar bombardment during the hours of darkness to successfully find and eliminate the carefully concealed and well defended hostile mortar site during Operation Attention Lye. (by Admin)
Commendation: Organising and leading a strike team to successfully take out enemy mortar position in range of our defenses. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
27 Sep 2024
Operation: Op Bear Change - SAR Operation to recover the 5 crew members of a downed E2 Hawkeye aircraft.
OperationParticipated in operation
29 Sep 2024
Operation: Op Painted Eardrum - Assault and take a hill (OP Bandersnatch) to get intel about supply caches. And then go blow up the caches.
Commendation: Clear and effective leadership - doing very well to keep everyone alive and on point. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
4 Oct 2024
Operation: Op Lone Yoga - Blow up the remaining caches.
Medal: Noted on File
Reason: AWARDED Marine Aerial Navigator Badge (MANB) for only getting lost once during the hunt for remaining weapons caches in Operation Lone Yoga. (by Admin)
Commendation: Only got lost once. The man's a natural born NCO. - by Admin
Commendation: With the sudden baby related departure of the LT, SSgt Radical provided solid and exemplar leadership to the remaining team. This enabled them to complete the mission and destroy the remaining caches. - by Admin
MedalMedal awarded
4 Oct 2024
Operation: Op Lone Yoga - Blow up the remaining caches.
Medal: Purple Heart
OperationParticipated in operation
6 Oct 2024
Operation: Op Death Sphinx - Find the secret entrance to the enemy base through the cave on the riverfront, work your way up, find the intel and destroy the base.
OperationParticipated in operation
13 Oct 2024
Operation: Op Buyer Net - Logistics runs.
OperationParticipated in operation
20 Oct 2024
Operation: Op Realm Light - Recon patrol west of base to locate and destroy 3x radio stations.
Medal: Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for tireless and effective leadership while under sustained SACLOS missile strikes during Operation Realm Light. (by Admin)
Commendation: Sarge managed to hold the squad together and prosecute the objective under difficult conditions while a considerable portion of the squad were significantly fatigued or otherwise tired and confused. He did this with good grace and without profanity, or corporal punishment. As such SSgt Radical demonstrated exceptional leadership and superhuman restraint. - by Admin
Commendation: Tireless leadership in the face of a challenging mission. The Staff-Sergeant's ability to tirelessly drive Endgame Red toward victory and pull them back from the brink of oblivion even while under direct fire from guided missile strikes was impressive to behold and deserving of recognition. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
3 Nov 2024
Operation: Op Bore Pusser - With the assistance of air and light artillery (mortars) support, Endgame Red is assigned to sweep and clear the town just north of the airfield, which had been occupied by a motorised PAVN company.
OperationParticipated in operation
15 Nov 2024
Operation: Op Sousaphone Servitude - Patrol, sweep and clear a set of villages.
OperationParticipated in operation
22 Nov 2024
Operation: Op Freak Havoc - Support troops in contact, then hold the village from infiltrators.
Medal: Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Reason: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for superlative leadership and co-ordination skills of multiple fireteams acting independently during the defence of the village in Operation Freak Havoc. (by Admin)
Commendation: Sarge was an amazing leader and kept everyone on track and ready for fire from anywhere at any time. - by Admin
Commendation: superlative command and control of separated and limited elements, without which this mission might have had less success. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
24 Nov 2024
Operation: Op Extra-large Adoption - Clear the road ready for the convoy to push through.
Commendation: Great command from Radical, kept us reasonably on track and together.... even if i kept not listening propperly - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
1 Dec 2024
Operation: Op Expediting Tempo - Defend a village of pro-US leaning civilians from sustained assault. Maintaining security of the sector and keeping hearts and minds pro-'FREEDOM'
Medal: Navy and Marine Corps Medal
Reason: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Medal (NMCM) for efforts to maintain positive relations with US-supporting civilians during the defence of their farming community during Operation Expediting Tempo. (by Admin)
Commendation: Expertly managed squads and members to effectively defend the village. Fantastic spatial management skills. - by Admin
Commendation: The poor haggard Sargent did everything he could to keep the mission on track. Keeping tabs of everyone when he wasn't down was masterclass and in the end, more than half of the civies made it! - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
6 Dec 2024
Operation: Op Typhoon Hand - Patrol with air support to take out 2 radio towers, 2 command centres and a logistics base.
Status: Injured
Medal: Purple Heart (1 Gold Star)
Commendation: Communicating effectively that friendly air was engaging too close to the squad when the RO was out of action. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
3 Jan 2025
Operation: Op Toreador Lady - Patrol around the roads by Ban Phiadouang. Land mines, rickshaws, and swarms of Chelt.
Commendation: Kept the squad together and coherent. Expertly guided the LT to the best tactical options while making it sound natural. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
10 Jan 2025
Operation: Op Wiping Litmus - Patrol around the POW camp, then a second patrol in the swamp.
OperationParticipated in operation
12 Jan 2025
Operation: Op Compassionate Burrito - Combat Patrol west of The Bra, clearing Ban Onglouang (PH Barbie Girl) then fortifying it up to withstand attacks overnight. Following day, push down the road to Antoum top clear some bastards out of fortified rocks.
OperationParticipated in operation
17 Jan 2025
Operation: Op Content Carrot - Find and destroy the five missiles of an SA-2 GUIDELINE SAM site, its FAN SONG guidance radar and the associated supply dump.
Medal: Navy and Marine Corps Medal (1 Gold Star)
Reason: AWARDED Star to their Navy and Marine Corps Medal (NMCM) for maintaining cohesion and momentum during a complex and challenging combat environment during the destruction of an SA-2 Guideline site containing FULLY FUELLED missiles as part of Operation Content Carrot, rapidly and flexibly responding to mass casualty events with a carefully considered amount of sarcasm to maintain combat effectiveness on the part of their marines and making effective use of support assets. (by Admin)
Commendation: Radical exercised very effective platoon leadership on this mission, wielding his fireteams like a scalpel to pin and flank. In particular he rapidly and flexibly responded to mass casualty events, adjusting his plan on the fly and making effective use of support assets. - by Admin
Commendation: For keeping us togeter as a group and aiding with the medical dituations and pulling me out of the crap when i was downed - by Admin
Commendation: For maintaining momentum and order and leading a successful mission inspire of heavy casualties and in extreme conditions. and inspiring subordinates to do their duty and maintain composure in his moments of absence. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
19 Jan 2025
Operation: Op Graphic Rabbit - Search for the radio transmitters in the marked areas, then use them to triangulate the location of the command centre.
Medal: Navy and Marine Corps Medal (2 Gold Stars)
Reason: AWARDED Star to their Navy and Marine Corps Medal (NMCM) for actions to reform the scattered and shattered marine unit during a casualty event from heavy weapons fire that threatened to render the platoon combat ineffective and in need of evacuation. Their actions to rally the platoon allowed the mission to locate the three enemy concealed radio positioned to be located and destroyed for a successful completion of Operation Graphic Rabbit. (by Admin)
Commendation: For yet more outstanding leadership and for keeping s on mission in spite of some seriously hairy moments. - by Admin
Commendation: Re-gathered and re-organised the unit after being scattered and taking heavy casualties from heavy weapons fire, allowing unit to continue mission - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
26 Jan 2025
Operation: Op Settler Spirit - A flight of three helicopters (Loach, Cobra, Guns-a-G-GO) under the control of a Forward Air Controller (Bird Dog) take on multiple hostile ground targets with varying success. Upon return to base, alternative ground transport is organsied to take a convoy of supplies to an IDAP camp in the village of Phouvong, which then needed defending from hostile attacks.
OperationParticipated in operation
23 Feb 2025
Operation: Op Grape Diplomacy - Find the route of the supplies in the Dong valley, and murderate Chelty.
OperationParticipated in operation
28 Feb 2025
Operation: Op Geology Inspector - Insert deep behind Chelt lines and assault the SA-2 GUIDELINE site at Thud Ridge. To destroy: 7 x launchers, 1 x FAN SONG radar, 2 x backup radar trucks. Destroyed: 4 x launcher, 1 x FAN SONG, 1 x backup radar truck, and back across the bridge 75 seconds before the SF unit holding it were due to disengage.
Medal: Navy and Marine Corps Commendation (1 Gold Star)
Reason: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for retaining combat tempo and momentum on a deep strike mission behind People's Avon Valley Regulars lines to locate and destroy another North Valley Air Force surface to air missile site in Operation Geology Inspector, personally flanking and destroying an enemy combat vehicle that was supressing the platoon and providing vital medical aid to stabilise injured for the corpsman to attend. (by Admin)
Commendation: Fantastic work leading us and amazing work dealing with my unconsious arse on more than one occasion - by Admin
Commendation: SSG Radical retained tempo and momentum in a very challenging environment, under responsive enemy artillery and air cover, with an understrength squad, a single medic and a demanding mission. Whether maintaining situational awareness and giving clear leadership, personally flanking and destroying an enemy armoured vehicle that had pinned the platoon down, or finding and applying lifesaving medical aid to his only corpsman, his actions at all levels ensured mission success. - by Admin
Commendation: For Leading us all to success keeping a cool head when things got tough at several points and keeping us on mission. our successes are always magnified by his solid direction. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
2 Mar 2025
Operation: Op Press Recording - SAR for the crew of an A-3D Skywarrior bomber down in the vicinity of Fuck That. While TACAIR was available and landed some hefty strikes (some on the enemy, and some on the platoon) difficulty with radio propagation meant that in the end, a Herculean effort from the infantry was required instead.
OperationParticipated in operation
7 Mar 2025
Operation: Op Prize Manor - At the behest of Colonel Sunray, EGR is tasked to escort the wallet of an ARVN Major from San Bay Ban airfield to the village of Niem Tin, where said Major was last known to be. The only heli has a prior engagement in Saigon, so the unit are issued with a machine gun truck, and an AA truck, and must convoy through hostile territory to reunite the Major and his cash.
OperationParticipated in operation
9 Mar 2025
Operation: Op Dancing Proposition - A lovely little jaunt to the seaside. And a selection of islands. And a stairway which did not go to heaven.
OperationParticipated in operation
14 Mar 2025
Operation: Op Bleak Anesthesiology - End Game Red is tasked with clearing the fortified and defended villages of Ban Hoang, Binh Minh, An Hoa, Lac My, and Pet Mep. The defenders are well prepared, and holding hostages, making it a tough task for our marines.
Medal: Mentioned in Despatches x2
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for keeping the platoon together and focused on the objectives during the clearance of the fortified and heavily defended villages of Ban Hoang, Binh Minh, An Hoa, Lac My, and Pet Mep during Operation Bleak Anaesthesiology despite the restrictions of tight ROE due to enemy hostages. (by Admin)
Commendation: This was a hard one. Emplaced machine guns everywhere, tight RoE, repeated assaults into well defended positions. Sarge did well though. Lept us together and kept us moving. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
21 Mar 2025
Operation: Op Welfare Hyena - EGR is sent to sweep the Mekong Delta for four AA guns known to be operating in the area.
Medal: Mentioned in Despatches x3
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for responding swiftly to changing combat situations during the search within the Delta for enemy AAA positions in Operation Welfare Hyena, adjusting the advance and tactics of the unit as required to push through multiple fortified positions while under mortar fire. (by Admin)
Commendation: The second half of this mission was just a hard slog and SSgt Radical showed great fortitude in keeping the squad moving and on task. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
18 Apr 2025
Operation: Op Crust Opening - The dastardly French have made a sly, backroom deal to sell dairy centrafuges to the North Chelt government. To prevent them from using this technology to increase the intensity of fat in their cream, EGR is tasked with a search and recovery mission. Using helos to search the landscape, find the convoys carrying these centrafuges, secure the trucks, then recover them to any available US base.
OperationParticipated in operation
20 Apr 2025
Operation: Op Spoiling Ghost - Endgame Red is tasked with Red Teaming Monkey Mountain, a key US communications facility. Wearing North Chelt gear and using captured weapons modified to fire blanks the aim was to reach and take the base.
Commendation: A+ cat herding - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
25 Apr 2025
Operation: Op Ignoring Leave - Sneaky beaky night mission over the border into Dorset to observe and recover/destroy information on the new weapon, Wild Wurzel, which is being surreptitiously refitted to North CheltNamese aircraft by the theoretically neutral forces of the Dorset dairy farm leadership under the rule of Chairman Moo.
Medal: Navy and Marine Corps Medal (3 Gold Stars)
Reason: AWARDED Star to their Navy and Marine Corps Medal (NMCM) for effective platoon SNCO leadership during the assault on the airfield as part of Operation Ignoring Leave, avoiding micromanagement when direct involvement in orders was not necessary but stepping in to co-ordinate when necessary in a chaotic battlespace. (by Admin)
Commendation: For outstanding leadership yet again and directing us cleanly through enemy territory to the airbase without making enemy contact till we got to the perimeter. and then pushing us through to mission completion even with the danger of enemy air in the closing stages. - by Admin
Commendation: Excellent mission command; formed a plan, supervised execution of it, kept the cats herded. Good job, Staff. - by Admin
Commendation: Excellent leadership. Knew when to be hands off and let us deal with things with an overarching brief, and when to be more hands on to keep cohesion as things got gritty. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
27 Apr 2025
Operation: Op Finger Caribou - Garrison and defend the firebase of A Luoi at the southern end of the A Shou valley, as Cheltie approaches through the mist.
OperationParticipated in operation
11 May 2025
Operation: Op Racing Remnant - Flashback to KILLING NAZIS
OperationParticipated in operation
16 May 2025
Operation: Op Pure Pie - Endgame Red conducted riverine operations through the Cheltenham river system, engaging targets of opportunity and enemy concentrations, along with destroying several fortified positions controlling the river valleys.
Medal: Mentioned in Despatches x4
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for excellent expansion and execution of his commissioned leader's command directives during river ops in Operation Pure Pie, ensuring that the desired effects were achieved in exact accordance with that leader's visualised outcomes. (by Admin)
Commendation: Great efforts in interpreting and executing the officer's orders. - by Admin
OperationParticipated in operation
18 May 2025
Operation: Op Pink Bush - Hold the village of Bo Lieu on the river, with small detours to rescue the ambulance and save allies.
Medal: Noted on File x2
Reason: ORDERED PCS to assume SNCO duties, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines (2/5), 1st Marine Division (Forward), I Corps Tactical Zone, Republic of Vietnam. (by Admin)
Medal: Bronze Star Medal (1 Gold Star)
Reason: AWARDED Star to their Bronze Star Medal (BSM) for deliberately drawing RPG fire from across the river valley to enable a medic to extract a casualty from the rock face during Operation Pink Bush, despite the saturation nature of enemy fire almost guaranteeing - as proved a short time later - that he would suffer serious wounds himself in the attempt. Despite this the SSgt continued to return fire to draw fire until withdrawing behind cover and falling unconscious from blood loss. (by Admin)
Commendation: Drew fire from enemies across the river to enable medic to extract casualty taken down by RPG fire. To the shortly later detriment of themselves. - by Admin
Commendation: For keeping his usual cool head under fire and being the voice of reason and order through some very fraught engagement's. - by Admin
Commendation: SSgt Radical remains an excellent NCO, supporting his PL with solid advice and executing his plans; op Pink Rose being no exception. Responded rapidly and flexible to changing mission priorities from higher command and used his vehicles effectively. - by Admin

Gunnery Sergeant

Promoted on 29 May 2025

StatusRif
29 May 2025