SGT MUNLEY,

[tony357 386]

Tiny but tenacious, Sgt. Kimberly Munley was a "tough cookie" nicknamed Mighty Mouse long before her heroic takedown of the Fort Hood shooter.

 

"She's the happiest, sweetest, most fun-loving girl you'd ever want to be friends with - and never want to cross," close friend Drew Peterson said Friday.

 

Munley, a 34-year-old mom of two, proved her mettle Thursday when Maj. Nidal Hasan launched his bloody rampage at the Army base.

 

Just three minutes after Hasan shot up his fellow soldiers, Munley tracked him down outside a pre-deployment facility and unloaded on him at close range.

 

"She fired on him twice and drew the attention toward her. He immediately spun around and charged her," said Chuck Medley, director of emergency services at Fort Hood.

 

"She fired a couple more rounds and fell back, continuing to fire."

 

Munley was hit in both legs and her wrist during the gun battle but stayed on her feet and kept firing at the charging gunman.

 

"She struck him a couple times in the upper torso and he went down," Medley said.

 

"When she rounded that corner, she made a split-second decision to put her life at risk. If she had not responded the way she had, we would have had an extremely high number of dead and injured."

 

Munley, a civilian cop employed by the Army, was recovering at the hospital Friday and was unavailable for comment, but she was doing well enough to take several calls from friends.

 

"She said one of the bullets hit an artery and she lost a lot of blood, but she sounded in good spirits," said country music singer Dierks Bentley, who met Munley at a July 4 event and called her Friday.

 

"She was laughing and joking."

 

To her friends, relatives and former colleagues in North Carolina, Munley's bravery was par for the course.

 

Wrightsville Beach Police Investigator Shaun Appler told the Daily News how the 120-pound cop saved him from an assailant who jumped him.

 

Appler was conducting a DWI traffic stop in January 2001 when he got into a heated argument with a driver and called for backup.

 

When Munley arrived, Appler had been tackled to the ground and was struggling to hold onto his gun.

 

"She actually launched on the back of this guy and together we were able to subdue him," Appler said.

 

'Mighty Mouse'

 

"Without her help, who knows how it would have turned out? From that point on, I've called her Mighty Mouse. She was never afraid to get in the middle of things."

 

Peterson, 27, said he was far from surprised to hear Munley may have prevented many more deaths at Fort Hood.

 

"She was born and bred to be a police officer. If you were ever to be in a fight, she'd be the first person to stand up next to you and back you up," he said.

 

"She's a tough cookie."

 

A native of Carolina Beach whose father served as mayor, Munley became a cop in nearby Wrightsville Beach in 2000 and quickly forged a reputation as a cop who never shied from a challenge.

 

"She's pretty much fearless," Chief John Carey said. "She is a small-framed person, but she was always willing to jump in and help other officers."

 

Munley also distinguished herself with her firearm skills.

 

"She's a very good shot," Carey said.

 

After serving with the Wrightsville Beach force and at a local hospital, she moved to Texas and enlisted in the Army in 2005.

 

Munley spent two years as a chemical operations specialist before becoming a civilian cop assigned to Fort Hood.

 

Her stepmother, Wanda Barbour, said her family has become accustomed to her acts of courage.

 

"When I heard a female officer was involved, I knew in my heart it was her," Barbour said. "I wasn't surprised at all that she was right there. It's just the way she is."

 

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[67gtonut 847]

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[Guest]

please define civilian police - contract security ?

[kenw 293]

Kudos to Kim, and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[Malsua 1,422]

Speedy recovery Sgt Munley. Get well soon.

 

That said, some recent reports as shedding some doubt on who shot Hasan.

 

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,574847,00.html

 

Who Shot Hasan During the Ft. Hood Massacre?

 

Friday, November 13, 2009

 

It was a feel-good hero story that for several days gave Americans some comfort after the murder of 13 soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas.

 

But like so many war stories

[tbtrout 141]

As the stories fly each day about who did what, any person who charges into gunfire to help others earns my respect. And as it sounds she is a hard charger who has the respect of many of her peers already. She is a credit to her Department and represents her uniform with honor.

[mikeyboyeee 66]

Whether or not her shots brought him down or her partner's, she is a hero who did her job.

[matty 810]

The DoD has a civilian police force, all gov employees, that have pretty much taken the run of the mill LEO duties away form MP/SF/MOA, etc. at fixed installations. They do the traffic tickets, accidents, sometimes guard gates (sometimes that is contracted), roust drunken parties, etc. etc. They do not deploy. All of them are ex Civilian LEO or military MP. The MPs and whatever still do some of the security work, but at a lot of places (Ft Monmouth & Dix, various reserve places) don't have any MPs assigned, or have very few soldiers/sailors/airmen/marines to press into that duty. Military people take care of the most important areas, such as weapons storage, nuke sites, ships, and spy stuff

[Guest]

thanks matty - i believe that the government has also hired private security at some bases in n.j. -

[MedicYeti 96]

Can we get more pictures?