Imagine that someone's legs were so badly wounded that they are about to fall off, well that is what happened to Howard Wasdin in combat. Howard Wasdin is a retired Navy Seal soldier. When he enlisted for the Navy Seals, he became a seal and then took training to become a part of BUD/S. After that he eventually became apart of Seal Team Two, and was deployed in Mogadishu. Howard Wasdin was determined to keep moving up the food chain so he took on the challenge of becoming a part of Seal Team Six. Once Wasdin got the taste of battle being apart of Seal Team Six, he decided he wanted to become a sniper. So he became a Navy Seal Sniper. Howard was being deployed in Somalia, little did he know that that would be his last deployment… Ever. When Howard was in battle he had been wounded so badly that he was on the verge of dying, he had been shot in his legs bullets went through his body everywhere cause him to lose blood. Howard Wasdin was forced to retire from the Navy Seals. For his acts in …show more content…
During Wasdin’s time as a Navy Seal he was a good fighter in combat and always chose not to give up no matter the consequences for example, “Wasdin was awarded the silver star medal, and the purple heart award for his outstanding actions against the terrorists in Mogadishu” (Farrar). Wasdin did an outstanding job in this battle thus being awarded these medals for his heroic actions. Howard also was a very mentally strong person even though he was hurt he didn’t care, “When Howard was defending the U.S. in Somalia he was badly wounded and was forced to retire” (Friscolanti). Howard Was forced to retire he did not chose, he was forced because he was so badly wounded. He loved going into combat and fighting to keep the Country safe. Also the awards he earned in Mogadishu were because of his skill set of a great warrior, and leading his team to