This website is dedicated to SGT Dimitri Muscat, who served in the United States Army and lost his life in the defense of his nation.


    Dimitri Muscat
    Sergeant, US Army
    Jan. 25, 1985 - Feb. 24, 2006


Biography

Dimitri was born on January 25, 1985. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the US Army in May 2002 with the MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) 19K - M1 Abrams tank crewmember. He trained for four months at Fort Knox, Kentucky, including basic training and tanker training.

His first assignment was an overseas base in Vilseck, Germany, where he was stationed from October 2002 to March 2005. There, Dimitri served as a loader on the Abrams tank, assisted the Company's First Sergeant, and maintained two HMMWVs for the Headquarters platoon. He was also selected as the Top Loader in the company in August 2003, and his skills helped his crew earn superior qualification, during training in preparation for deployment.

Dimitri successfully completed two rotations at the Combat Maneuver Training Center in Hohenfels, Germany, and was deployed to Iraq in October 2003... read more



The story of the name

When Dimitri was younger, his nickname in the games that he played was Sokol, which means "falcon." He learned quickly and became very skillful in anything he tried. He was also very creative and even developed modifications to one of his favorite games: Counter-Strike. After joining the Army and becoming a crewmember on the Abrams tank, he appended the Abrams' designation M1 to his nickname, producing M1Sokol. He used that nickname ever since. In his honor, this website is named after that.

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