blood—n—sand:

someonekillsthepain:

Ben Roberts Smith, The most decorated serving soldier in the Commonwealth.

“Roberts-Smith was on his fifth tour of Afghanistan, when on 11 June 2010 he was involved in his Victoria Cross action. During an operation to hunt for a senior Taliban commander, in the Kandahar province, Roberts-Smith took part in an assault against an enemy fortification, exposing his own position in order to draw fire away from members of his patrol who were pinned down. Fighting at close range, he stormed two enemy machine-gun posts and silenced them. His citation in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette notes that “his selfless actions in circumstances of great peril served to enable his patrol to break into the enemy’s defences and to regain the initiative … resulting in a tactical victory.”

This bloke is huge, i remember reading about him in the paper. So much respect.

(Source: honeyitsgettingclosetomidnight)