NATICK, Mass. (Oct. 24, 2013) -- On a late June day at Fenway Park in Boston, Master Sgt. Miguel Chacon was looking on with great pleasure as Red Sox players signed autographs for his three children and dozens of others when he felt something hit him on the side.
Chacon, in uniform, looked down to see a pair of batting gloves, which he assumed that some fan had tossed down to be signed. A moment later, an usher tapped Chacon on the shoulder and told him that it was Red Sox outfielder Jonny Gomes, known for his unwavering support of the U.S. military, who had thrown them over.
Later, he was able to thank Gomes personally for the unsolicited gesture, but Chacon wanted to do more.
So when Lee Cummings, who works at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine at Natick Soldier Systems Center, offered him tickets to the Sept. 15 Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway, Chacon, the USARIEM senior enlisted advisor, brought along the Advanced Combat Helmet that he had worn in Iraq and a bag of "recruiting goodies."
On a pre-game tour of Fenway, Chacon showed the helmet to a club official and told her that he had brought it for Gomes. She escorted Chacon and fellow USARIEM Soldier Spc. Travis Crook below the stands and to a door outside the Red Sox clubhouse.
"About three minutes later, here comes Jonny Gomes through the door!" Chacon said. "I reached into the bag and I said, 'This is the helmet that I had in combat.'"
Chacon told Gomes that he wanted him to have it.
http://www.army.mil/article/113778/A_Soldier_s_gift_to_a_ballplayer
What a warrior this man is. I can not get enough of him. Absolute class act towards the troops and an total boss. In Jonny We Trust.
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