Jason Hope

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Jason Hope, Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), during combat operations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, in Afghanistan, during a hastily executed spring 2005 raid on a fortified Taliban camp in Paktika province that killed a senior regional Taliban commander for southeastern Afghanistan. Chief Warrant Officer Hope distinguished himself by his valorous leadership when, as soon as his team got off the helicopter near the camp, the team came under withering fire from about 20 enemy fighters awaiting with rocket- propelled grenades, AK-47s, and machine guns with armor-piercing bullets. The team fought its way up a ridge overlooking the camp, and then, to reach the stronghold, Chief Warrant Officer Hope led them a flat-out race across 600 yards of open desert.