Accuracy in Media Covers JINSA Annual Awards Dinner, 11/11/2011
JINSA Honors Military Heroes with Grateful Nation Awards
by Roger Aronoff – November 11, 2011
JINSA Honors Military Heroes with Grateful Nation Awards
by Roger Aronoff – November 11, 2011
On this Veterans Day, I want to note an annual event I attended this week, on November 7, put on by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), which honored six young military heroes. The six represented each of the five branches of the U.S. military and the U.S. Special Operations Command. They were honored “for having distinguished themselves through superior conduct in the War on Terrorism,” and each received a Grateful Nation award from JINSA. JINSA is a Washington-based think tank that focuses on issues of the U.S. and Israel in national security.
The honoree of the evening was ADM James Stavridis, who was awarded the 29th Annual Henry M. Jackson Distinguished Service Award. Admiral Stavridis commanded Enterprise Carrier Strike Group, carrying out combat operations in the Arabian Gulf as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2009, he became commander of European Command and the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.