Lottery Post member receives Distinguished Service Award

Comment #38

TexasDreams — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:21:21 GMT

Great Job, not that there is anything funny about the article but I just noticed the sailors serve aboard the USS FREEDOM

Comment #37

girlsinmo — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:41:42 GMT

Bob shared the link to this post with me. GoArmy I don't think we've met yet. But I wanted to tell you this is a amazing story and proof of the goodness of men. You have 1 monster trying to hurt the world's most precious gift-a child. But thanks to 4 brave men he was stopped. My hats off to all of you. Thank you

Comment #36

JodyC522 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:15:57 GMT

Thank you. WTG

Comment #35

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:45:29 GMT

if the world had more people like mr. cox it would be a much better place.this generation has the wrong role models and heroes.verlon is that rare example of a true hero.if each young person had a person like this to look up to imagine how much better off the world would be......

Comment #34

Ms5PennieGen — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:29:59 GMT

Congrats GoArmy!

We need more men like you

Comment #33

pumpi76 — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:56:31 GMT

Good job guys...

well i don't know who goarmy is but congratulations....

Comment #32

cplus — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:30:36 GMT

That was a very inspirational story. I am happy that everything turned alright.

We here at LP are very proud of you.

Comment #31

dejack03 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:57:55 GMT

Mr. Cox you are a very humble man. I just wanted to throw in my own kudos. I know how it goes myself with these incidents and it can be very traumatizing. This is a feel-good story but the emotions in situations like these are anything but.

That child doesn't yet have the capacity to understand what you guys did for him but I'm sure one day he will. As for you; I hope YOU all know that the actions you took requires special kinds of people. The award is very well deserved.

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Comment #30

Todd — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:01:49 GMT

GoArmy, thanks very much for adding the personal details to the story. Hearing it from you makes it even more real and horrifying.

Good luck to you.

Comment #29

cv844 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:58:16 GMT

wtg Goarmy, we need more heroes like you,

Comment #28

POWERBALLPOOL — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:56:07 GMT

from one war veteran to another,congrats goarmy

Comment #27

psykomo — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:26:35 GMT

CONGRAT's>>>>>>>>>>>> GoArmy on this

WON

LOL^^^^^ 2U

PSYKOMO

Comment #26

BazookaJoe — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:30:49 GMT

Good Job My Brother. Job well done. Carry on.

God bless You.

Comment #25

justxploring — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:46:00 GMT

+ + + = You

Comment #24

brightmink — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:06:55 GMT

WTG

Comment #23

GoArmy — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:05:54 GMT

To all here,

Thanks for all of the kind words that you put out there for me. The truth is that the 26th of August was without a doubt the worst thing that I have ever seen in my life. The story is very close but there are a few discrepancies with it. The guy cut his own throat in three different places and he cut it so deep that he looked like he had gills. He cut his throat while he was still in the house and then he ran outside and lunged at me with a ten inch butcher knife. When he came at... [ More ]

Comment #22

JackpotWanna — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:15:41 GMT

WTG

Comment #21

Kidzmom — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:00:56 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS!! GoArmy! Well Done

Comment #20

CARBOB — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:37:17 GMT

Couldn't have said it any better. It gave me a warm feeling to read this and to know there are still people who will step up to the plate.

Comment #19

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:15:53 GMT

your a true hero verlon

Comment #18

wizeguy — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:24:40 GMT

GoArmy,

Thanks for being there with the others in this familys time of need and taking command of the situation. Thanks also for your service to our country.

Comment #17

four4me — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:48:55 GMT

Verlon (GoArmy) is one of the few people i have had personal contact with on lottery post i liked him from the very first time we started to communicate. I could tell from talking to him he was an exceptional man. I am very happy everything turned out for the best and that no one was seriously injured.

It takes and exceptional man/woman to put themselves in harms way they are true hero's for coming to the assistance of the mother and children. To face someone with a knife once is a hard pill... [ More ]

Comment #16

honey10 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:11:58 GMT

Go army,Its people like you who makes the world a better place to live in,thanks to you and all those who help that lady and children in time of need,we are so proud of you,your family at the lottery post.Todd thanks to you for bringing it to our attention.

Comment #15

gocart1 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:02:09 GMT

i'm with you MADDOG....................way to go goarmy

Comment #14

emilyg — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:31:35 GMT

True hero - Verlon - you're a prince. xxxooo Em

Comment #13

Sandy K — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:41:36 GMT

wow, there are still people who care for others in this world............

GoArmy and the other two men, you are most certainly a hero in my eyes.

Comment #12

Rick G — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:39:43 GMT

ditto, GoArmy. Good work

Comment #11

MADDOG10 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:37:02 GMT

Go Army,

This is what separates men from other men. Cogratulations to you and your shipmate and the other person involved. You have my respect as well as everyone else's here at LP.

My hats off to you and your friends......

Comment #10

DrumSlinger — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:19:46 GMT

Full Ahead to you GoArmy and your shipmate and Good friend, and the Sheriff's Dept. for getting there in time.

Comment #9

Bluegrass — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:14:54 GMT

Todd, many thanks for giving this article the publicity that it truly deserves !

Verlon and I have talked a number of times since the incident occurred and it was a very frightening event even for someone as well trained as he and his shipmate are, I understand that all of the people involved were literally covered in blood and each had to undergo extensive testing to determine if anyone contracted AIDS or any other disease as a result, thankfully, all tests have now come back negative.

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Comment #8

tnlotto1 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:29:58 GMT

this is a great story. good job GoArmy

Comment #7

Litebets27 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:15:26 GMT

I may not have. It was after 1am and I was about to fall asleep. I thought it had gone through.

It doesn't matter, as long as Verlon knows that we all are proud of his actions and happy that he didn't sustain any injuries while doing so.

litebets

Comment #6

Todd — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:01:45 GMT

Maybe you did not click the button to save it, because I have not deleted any comments, and nobody else could have.

Comment #5

Litebets27 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:53:54 GMT

Congratulations GoArmy for such a good deed in deed. I read the story last night in Bluegrass's Blog and made a comment, but somehow it's not there today.

Anyway, I'm proud to know that real heros do exist! Go Verlon

litebets

Comment #4

LANTERN — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:41:07 GMT

Pecan Valley , the whole world is full of nuts , Way to go GoArmy , I wonder that it is not GoNavy .

Take care and good luck.

Comment #3

konane — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:36:32 GMT

Totally awesome!!!!! Congratulatioins!!! Hope the next time we all congratulate you is when you're a jackpot winner

Comment #2

Guest — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:30:00 GMT

Way to go,Goarmy!!

America is lucky to have you those like you in our military

Comment #1

Todd — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:19:02 GMT

I was just amazed by this story. Congratulations GoArmy!!!

You are everyone's hero.

Lottery Post member receives Distinguished Service Award

Lottery Post — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:18:26 GMT

GoArmy earns highest-level civilian decoration for saving a woman and two children

Two Sailors and one civilian received the Distinguished Service Award during a ceremony held in the Bop Hope Theater at Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar Oct. 2.

For Lottery Post members, it is a special moment of pride, as one of their own earned the highest-level civilian distinction.

Electronics Technician 1st Class (SW) Verlon Cox, who goes by the member name GoArmy at Lottery Post, Mineman 1st Cla... [ More ]