Green Beret killed in Jordan receives Silver Star
Stavros Atlamazoglou | February 23, 2021
Last week, Staff Sergeant James F. Moriarty, a Green Beret assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the third-highest award for valor, for his actions during a friendly-fire attack in Jordan.
On November 4, 2016, Moriarty and several other Green Berets were returning to the King Faisal Air Base when a Jordanian gate guard opened fire at them. Despite repeated calls to the Jordanian Air Force Sergeant Ma’arik al-Tawayha to seize fire, the man continued his rampage, killing Moriarty and two other Green Berets—Sergeant First Class Mathew Lewellen and Staff Sergeant Kevin McEnroe.
Before he succumbed to his wounds, Moriarty managed to grievously wound Al-Tawayha, thus stopping him. Following a controversial trial, the Jordanian airman, who survived, was sentenced to life in prison—which amounts to approximately 20 years according to the country’s legal system—and avoided the death sentence that would have come if terrorism motives had been found.
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