The warrior ethos is the backbone of every soldier in the Army, it’s there as a set standard in which every soldier is expected to portray and live by on and off the job. It is these four ethos “ I will never leave a comrade behind, I will always place the mission first, I will never accept defeat, I will never quit”, that make the United States Army the very best in the world. Specialist Parish exemplified these traits and his loyalty to them to the tee. During his engagement with the enemy his rifle jammed and he could not fix it in his foxhole. He knew the enemy would overwhelm his position in due time. Despite the advancing enemy, Parish held his ground and took his .45 one is each hand, and held back the enemy which was within arm’s reach of him at a distance of about 20 yards. He successfully suppressed his attackers and stated that he didn’t feel he had done anything special or out of the norm compared to what everyone else had done that day.
