Heroism

“When he came into my room, Chris saved my life."

“Today we honor three outstanding soldiers whose actions embody the highest ideals of selfless service."

The family of Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe is still waiting.

"In that moment, you have to decide: Flight or Fight. I chose fight.”

"While we have many enemies of this country today who want to see us fall, there’s no greater enemy in my opinion than ourselves."

“There were so many things covered in fuel and burning. It looked apocalyptic.”

“I want to know where we are,” Cashe's sister said. “The importance of today did not pass me by.”

"Sims made the greatest sacrifice a soldier can make … and no mark of tribute can be too great.”

Give 'em one!

“I knew then that I had to go get to my teammates and help them."

"Germanovich directed his team’s withdrawal, then traversed 700 meters carrying a casualty up a mountain to a helicopter landing zone while directing close air support."

“You don’t often find truly selfless sacrifice where someone put his soldiers’ welfare before his own."

An Army sergeant was awarded the Soldier’s Medal on Monday for heroically saving a man from a burning vehicle last...

"That is heroism. That is what today is about.”

“I was reminded of the seven-mile swim we do in BUD/S, and I thought to myself, if I have to I can do this all day"

“I am grateful that I received this training and was able to help as many people as I could.”

"Going back to a normal day at work, that's what I'm looking forward to."

"Every generation has its heroes and Master Sergeant Royer is one of ours today”

"It was just second nature to me. I was just helping. It wasn't like I was trying to be heroic"

Army Capt. Travis Johnson was awarded the Soldier's Medal — the Army's highest award for heroism outside of combat — during a ceremony at Fort Bragg's Hall of Heroes for his actions that February night

On his way to receive an award for his previous heroics, Tech. Sgt. Kenneth O'Brien took a brief detour to save a child's life, because he's a badass.

"My dad always told me that if you're going to do something, do it right"

A petty officer currently stationed at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, is the first Coast Guardsman since 2012 to be awarded the prestigious Coast Guard Medal for heroism

Sgt. 1st Class Erik Kingsley was driving his brother-in-law to the airport in the early morning hours of April 1,...

In September, Marine Sgt. Gary G. Wilson, of Murrieta, California, rescued two women trapped in their cars — one vehicle...