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Anthony R.C. Yost was born October 9th 1966 at Hurley hospital in Flint Michigan to Penny Thomas. In 1968 Penny married Donald Yost. Don quickly
adopted Anthony and became the only father that he ever knew and loved,
in fact he was his best man at his wedding to his first wife Rhonda. Anthony never referred to Don as his adoptive
parent. He used to say, "My dad is my dad". Years later he met
his biological parent who is full blooded Native American but Andy likened his relationship to him as that
of a long lost 3rd cousin. He never called him dad or father. Don always told Anthony to be proud of his Indian
heritage and to hold his head high because the Indians were the only
true Americans. Andy was a very serious child. It seemed as though He
was always scoping out his perimeters. He was curious about everything
and when he rode in the car or went to visit someone he checked
everything out, always craning his little neck to get a good view
of where he was. He loved the sound of sirens and whenever he seen a
police car his eyes would light up and he would whisper "shhhhhhh
cops comin". He loved motorcycles, toy guns and hotwheel cars and of
course sunglasses. Two of his favorite activities were jumping homemade
ramps on his bike and playing soldier. He also loved to
be in his dad's garage where the guys always worked on their
motorcycles. Don remembers the day he painted his fenders and left for a while
to let them dry. When he returned Andy, who was about 7, was spray
painting the fenders on his bike with every color he could get his
hands on. He wanted a cool bike just like his dad! When he became a teenager his motto should have been" I
can't wait until tomorrow comes because I just get cooler
everyday." His
big passion was (as with most people here in Michigan) deer hunting and
never missed a season or the chance to go to "deer camp"
with his dad, uncles and cousins. Years later he would say that
being in the army on missions was like "deer camp", sitting
around shooting the bull with the guys, he loved it. After Graduating from Millington, He entered Devry Tech School but the excitement just wasn't there so he decided to join the Air Force but once again the desk job MOS didn't seem to cut it, He wanted more and he wanted to be the best. Anthony Ray Charles Yost enlisted in the U.S.army on May 6,1987 and attended Basic and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky where he served as a tanker from
1987-1991. He then served a one year tour in Korea in the Air Defense Artillery field. MSG Yost was later assigned to Fort Lewis, Washington and Fort Bliss, Texas before successfully completing the Special Forces Assessment and Selection in 1992. In addition to Korea and Kosovo he was also in Latvia, Germany, Turkey, Bosnia, Italy, Russia, Kazakhstan, Serbia Montenegro and probably some countries he could not mention. MSG Yost was then assigned to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, NC in 2001 where he served as a Senior SF weapons instructor. In March 2005, MSG Yost was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group and served as
A- Team Sergeant for Operational Detachment Alpha 381. When the news of our fallen hero first arrived reports said it was a car bomb and that Al Zarqawi was in the building but that report was later changed perhaps due to the fact that is was Spec Ops and they like to keep their business- their business. We may never know what evil was present in that building that day in Mosul but as someone recently said, " he would have done it ten times over". He was a Special Forces soldier first and he gave his life for a cause he believed in. (Another close shave came last November when a special forces “A-team” raided an Al-Qaeda safe house in Mosul, northern Iraq, surprising Zarqawi and three of his lieutenants. The team was commanded by Tony Yost, a US special forces master sergeant who gunned down the three subordinates but was killed in the firefight. Zarqawi managed to blow up the house and escape via a tunnel. He was badly wounded and there was even speculation that he had died.) Excerpt
from article in UK newspaper. To read the full story, click link below
but please note in the Article there is a typo that states quote:
Another close shave came last October when in fact it was
November.
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