Everyone Froze When the War Dog Turned on a Four-Star General. Seconds Later, a Torn Sleeve Revealed a Tattoo That Shattered the Military’s Clean Image. The silence was the loudest sound I had ever heard. Four thousand people were sitting in the grandstands at Fort Myer. Senators, journalists, and Gold Star families were there to watch General Marcus Sterling pin the Medal of Honor to my chest. They were there to honor the twelve men of Bravo Platoon who didn’t make it out of the Korangal Valley