Grateful Nation Award Honoree in The Pilot of Southern Pines
Local Soldier Honored by National Group
By John Chappell, Special to The Pilot
December 17, 2013
A Southern Pines soldier was one of five honored recently at a banquet in Washington for service in recent conflicts.
The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) — a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded following the 1973 Yom Kippur War — supports coordinated American and Israeli foreign and defense policies in the interests of both nations.
Local Soldier Honored by National Group
By John Chappell, Special to The Pilot
December 17, 2013
A Southern Pines soldier was one of five honored recently at a banquet in Washington for service in recent conflicts.
The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) — a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded following the 1973 Yom Kippur War — supports coordinated American and Israeli foreign and defense policies in the interests of both nations.
Each year since 2003, JINSA has been honoring American fighters at its annual awards banquet, presenting its Grateful Nation Award to six young warriors chosen “for their superior conduct in the fight against terrorism.”
One is selected from enlisted, noncommissioned officer and junior officer ranks to represent each of the five branches of the U.S. military as well as the U.S. Special Operations Command. On Dec. 2, the Army award this year went to a man from Moore County: 1st Lt. Robert A. Heber, Jr., of Southern Pines.