unsung heroes

On Oct. 3, 1993, a contingent of U.S. special operations forces launched what was supposed to be a relatively simple mission. It ended up being a total disaster.

'Helping people is just the standard.'

"Sgt. Parsons ... immediately jumped into action."

"I just knew that they wouldn't have quit for me so I'm not going to quit."

Their final stand and sacrifice all took place in a matter of seconds.

"A true hero."

Another case of lost paperwork.

"She’s probably one of the few people here with the experience to recognize that something’s just not quite right."

"He truly represents members of the greatest generation, who did so much but asked so little from their country."

"This is what we do."

The heroic, the badass, and the belligerent.

“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...

A British military working dog who risked life and limb to take out an enemy gunman pouring fire on his team in Afghanistan has received the highest award an animal can receive for actions in combat

'Marines run to the sound of the guns, so it didn’t surprise me at all that the Marines were there'

In 1965, Ron Dolecki was on a map-making mission for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Ethiopia when he and two crew members were ambushed by Eritrean rebels, taken captive, and marched 150 miles through the desert to Sudan

"US troops getting the job done."

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

President Donald Trump presented a Presidential Unit Citation to the U.S. special operations forces involved in the raid took out ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi just over a year ago

Like a boss

It's been 15 years.

President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill authorizing the Congressional Gold Medal for the legendary all-volunteer jungle fighters of World War II known as Merrill's Marauders

Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sergeant David G. Bellavia speaks about his service and the relationship to Army Values

'No one panicked.'

'They definitely saved lives.'