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News
An Ohio Judge Dropped A Major D-Day Lesson On 2 Young Criminals
Ed Balint, The Canton Repository
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Opinion
It’s 2018 And SFC Alwyn Cashe Still Hasn’t Been Awarded The Medal Of Honor. Why?
Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff of the Army, pins an Army Commendation Medal with V device on Sgt. Mark Andrisek at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Andrisek, along with Sgt. Joshua Sears, right, took quick action that saved American lives following a suicide car bombing on their route-clearing platoon convoy on Nov. 13, 2017.
News
Soldiers Honored For Saving Lives After Afghan Suicide Bombing
Chad Garland, Stars and Stripes
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News
13 Years Later, A Fallujah Marine Finally Gets The Silver Star He Deserves
Staff Sgt. Patrick Maloney, a multi-purpose canine handler with 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, was presented the Bronze Star with "V" at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 30, 2017 for his actions under fire in Iraq in August 2016.
News
Raider Earns Bronze Star For Valor After Fending Off Brutal ISIS Ambush From Back Of Open Truck
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Community
Special Forces Veteran To Receive Medal Of Honor For Vietnam War Service
Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.
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Here Is Everything You Need To Know About The New Combat Award System
Senior Airman Mark Forester was killed on Sep. 29, 2010. He posthumously received the Silver Star for his heroic actions.
Unsung Heroes
UNSUNG HEROES: The Airman Who Died Leading His Team In An Intense Ambush
Senior Airman Mark Forester was killed leading a rescue team when he exposed himself to heavy enemy machine gun fire.
Sergeant Reckless a highly decorated US Marine Corps artillery horse in the Korean War pictured beside a 75mm recoilless rifle.
History
Marine War Horse Honored For Battlefield Bravery In Korean War
This war horse repeatedly mounted steep mountains to transport ammo to frontline troops and bring wounded Marines to safety.
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Career
10 Amazing Companies In Texas Hiring Veterans Right Now
If you’re looking for employment in the Lone Star state, we’ve got you covered.
Hershel “Woody” Williams, Medal of Honor recipient and WWII veteran, salutes a Marine during a sunset parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia on July 7, 2015.
Leadership
An Iwo Jima Medal Of Honor Recipient Reflects On That Fateful Battle
Medal of Honor recipient Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams discusses the Battle of Iwo Jima’s impact on his life and the sacrifice of his fellow Marines.
Spc. Ty Carter sits in an observation post halfway up the mountain near Combat Outpost Keating, in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, in 2009.
Leadership
Ty Carter Explains What It’s Like To Wear The Medal Of Honor
Medal of Honor recipient Ty Carter speaks to Task & Purpose about what life is like since receiving the Medal of Honor.
Major Gen. Joseph L. Osterman, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, presents five Marines with Bronze Star Medals with valor distinguishing devices, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Ca., April 9, 2015.
Unsung Heroes
UNSUNG HEROES: Surrounded And Outnumbered, This MARSOC Team Endured Hell To Evacuate Their Wounded
“We faced what seemed the inevitability of death.”
Lt. Col. Nicholas F. Marano, commanding officer of the Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.-based 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, awards the Silver Star to Sgt. Jarred L. Adams at the Marines' camp at Al Qa'im, Iraq, June 10, 2006.
Unsung Heroes
UNSUNG HEROES: Injured And Under Fire, This Marine Left No Man Behind
This Marine sniper risked everything to bring the body of a fallen comrade home.
Army Captain (Ret.) Florent Groberg speaks at his Medal of Honor Hall of Heroes induction ceremony at the Pentagon, Nov. 13, 2015.
News
DoD To Review 1,100 Post-9/11 Valor Awards For Possible Upgrades To MOH
More than 1,000 post-9/11 recipients of awards for valor to be reviewed for upgrades to the Medal of Honor.
Col. Terry Ferrell, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division commander, shakes hands with Sgt. Michael Trump, Nov. 22, at Patrol Base Murray.
Unsung Heroes
UNSUNG HEROES: The Soldier Who Evacuated His Teammates From Inside A Blasted Bradley
Army Sgt. Michael Trump provided critical aid and direction after two successive IED blasts injured nine soldiers.
Sgt. Alvin C. York, 328th Infantry, who with the aid of 7 men, captured 132 German prisoners, shows the hill on which the raid took place on October 8, 1918 in the Argonne Forest, near Cornay, France after World War I.
History
The Almost Unbelievable Story Of The MOH Recipient Who Took Out 20 German Soldiers During World War I
Almost a century ago, Alvin York led seven soldiers in a charge against a large German force, singlehandedly killing 20 and capturing 132, so the story goes.