jarod monti saw the danger before him and he went out to meet it. o, tightened his chinstrap and with his men providing cover, jarod rose and started to run in all those incoming bullets, into al started to run into all those rockets. upon seeing jarod, the enemy in the woods unleashed a fair storm. he moved low and fast yard after yard. a moment later, he rose again and again they fired everything they had at him, forcing him back. faced with overwhelming enemy fire, jarod could have stayed where he was behind that wall. but that was not the kind of soldier he was. he embody that had creed all soldiers strive to meet. i will always place the mission first. i will never accept defeat. i will never quit. i will never leave a fallen comrade. so for a third time, he rose. for a third time, he ran toward his fallen comrade. said his patrol leader, it was the bravest thing i have ever seen a soldier do. they say it was a rock propel grenade that jarod made it within a few yards of his wounded soldier. they say his final words there on that ridge so far fr