- SURNAME
Fales
- FORENAME
Scott C.
- UNIT
24th Special Tactics Squadron
- RANK
Master Sergeant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Somalia 1993
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
pararescueman
WIA 3-4.10.1993 retired from USAF 1997 (Master Sergeant)
Joint Service Survival,Evasion,Resistance and Escape Agency 1997 (civilian)
Joint Special Operations Command,Fort Bragg,North Carolina 2006
724 Special Tactics Group (Director of Strategic Plans and Programs and Combat Development) 2006
retired from Civil Service 4.5.2018
married Kathy
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Scott C. Fales, Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force in Mogadishu, Somalia, from 3 October 1993 to 4 October 1993. On these dates, Sergeant Fales, a 24th Special Tactics Squadron Pararescueman, was attached to a joint service search and rescue security team tasked to respond to the crash of a United States UH-60 helicopter. While conducting an initial assessment at the crash site, Sergeant Fales was seriously wounded in an intense fire fight involving small arms and rocket propelled grenades. Disregarding the trauma of his own wound, he continued to provide medical care to his team and provide devastating covering fire against repeated enemy attacks. Sergeant Fales' technical expertise, personal courage and total disregard for his own personal safety were paramount to the ultimate success of the search and rescue security team mission. His decisive actions in providing expert trauma care to wounded members of his team despite his own wounded condition were paramount in limiting the number of American casualties and in bringing the extraction operation to conclusion as expeditiously as possible. By his gallantry and devotion to duty, Sergeant Fales has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.
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