GRP 149-Medal of Honor Recipient Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Shurer
Global Recon
John Hendricks
4.8 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2020
⏱️ 111 minutes
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GRP 149-My guest for this podcast is Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sergeant Ronald Shurer. Ron passed away due to complications from Lung Cancer on May 14th, 2020. He was 41 years old. I want to extend my condolences to his wife, Miranda, his two boys, my buddy Ryan, his teammates, and co-workers from the Secret Service.
Ron deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Medic in the 3rd Special Forces Group with ODA 3336. During his second deployment, while conducting an operation in the Shok Valley, Ron and his teammate Special Forces Weapons Sergeant Matthew O. Williams were both awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions during combat.
We discussed the Battle of Shok Valley in detail. Ron, would eventually separate from the Army and join the Secret Service, where he served for a decade. Ron was a special person. I enjoyed recording this show with him. We intended to sit down and record a second show at the studios here in Manhattan once COVID was contained. Rest in peace, brother.
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| 0:00.0 | United States, accompanied by Medal of Honor recipient, Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Sher the |
| 0:04.9 | second, United States Army. Just a month before, he returned home, Ron was called on a special |
| 0:14.7 | operations mission. The aim was to hunt down a deadly terrorist, a leader in that world. |
| 0:24.1 | He was in a remote mountain village, very dangerous territory. |
| 0:29.0 | On April 6th, 2008, Ron was among the few dozen special forces, soldiers, and 100 Afghan |
| 0:36.9 | commandos who dropped off by helicopter into shock valley, |
| 0:42.7 | a rocky barren valley far away from reinforcements. There's nobody close. Ron was the only |
| 0:49.3 | medic for the team. While he was still near the base of the mountain, the first team began to scale the cliff |
| 0:57.6 | toward the village. As they approached the top, roughly 200 well-trained and well-armed terrorists |
| 1:06.1 | ambushed the American and Afghan forces. Soon Ron heard his comrade call his name. |
| 1:14.6 | Ryan Welland had been struck by Shrapdo |
| 1:19.6 | at the base of the mountain. |
| 1:22.6 | He was very, very seriously hurt, |
| 1:26.6 | but Ron braved enemy fire to rush to his friend and to treat his wounds. |
| 1:34.6 | Then he heard over the radio that American fighters near the top of the cliff were pinned down and some were critically injured. |
| 1:43.1 | It was blood all over the place. |
| 1:46.0 | It was a tough, tough situation to be in. |
| 1:52.0 | Immediately, Ron climbed the Rocky Mountain, |
| 1:55.0 | all the while fighting back against the enemy |
| 1:59.0 | and dodging gunfire left and right. |
| 2:02.6 | Rockets were shot at him. Everything was shot at him. |
| 2:06.6 | When he reached the top, one of his close friends, an Afghan interpreter, was already dead. |
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