Mostly Jewish and Hispanic veterans were passed over due to prejudices, review finds
Medal of Honor
Heroic Army Footage Captures Tender Moment on the Battlefield
During a brutal, hours-long battle in Afghanistan, an Army captain paused to kiss a badly wounded comrade on the forehead as he helped load the soldier into a waiting helicopter. The soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Westbrook, …
BattlelandMilitary History
The Medal of Honor: 150 Years of Valor
In 1861, Iowa Senator James Grimes proposed a medal to honor the bravery of Navy personnel, which Abraham Lincoln signed into law 150 years ago today, Dec. 21, 1861. That following summer, Lincoln signed authorization for an Army …
BattlelandVeterans
Leroy Petry, the Medal of Honor and Intrepidity
This past weekend, I attended the wedding of my Army roommate who’s still on active duty. Among the many conversations of the assembled veterans, all junior officers who fought together in Iraq, was the award of the Medal of Honor to Sgt. First Class Leroy Petry, who sacrificed his hand to save his fellow Rangers in Afghanistan. …
BattlelandTroops
The Medal of Honor: How It Happened
President Obama awarded the nation’s highest award for valor to Army Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry Tuesday afternoon. He earned it en route to losing his right hand in 2008 when he and his fellow soldiers came under attack in Afghanistan. The Army has put together a visual account of how this Ranger became a hero.
BattlelandMilitary
Restolen Valor?
Honor is a big deal in the military. Valor is even bigger. Recognition of such bravery is the high point of many soldiers’ careers. “A soldier will fight long and hard,” Napoleon aptly observed nearly two centuries ago, “for a bit of colored ribbon.”
But what if that bit of colored ribbon is fake? And the person wearing it a …
BattlelandNational Security
Medal Of Dishonor?
I know there are some soldiers fighting for us today who are glad Bryan Fischer isn’t serving alongside them. The alleged pro-family blogger complained the other day that the Medal of Honor is becoming “feminized” because it’s being awarded to soldiers who have saved comrades instead of killing the enemy (be sure to check out the …
BattlelandNational Security
Medal of Honor hurdles — and benefits
Last week was an extraordinary one for the Medal of Honor, which the nation bestowed on two Army staff sergeants serving in Afghanistan. Last Thursday, the White House awarded the medal to Robert Miller, 24, who died in January 2008 while saving the lives of U.S. and Afghan troops during a nighttime firefight in Konar Province near the …
BattlelandNational Security
At Last, A Living Hero…
On Thursday, the White House announced the seventh Medal of Honor to be awarded to troops killed in either Afghanistan or Iraq. No living soldier, sailor, airman or Marine had earned the medal since Vietnam, something that has raised question about the military’s MOH-vetting process among veterans, the military and Congress. But the same …
BattlelandNational Security
Staff Sgt. Robert Miller, Medal of Honor recipient
Another young American soldier has been awarded the Medal of Honor, the White House has just announced. This time it is going to Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, who earned it for bravery in 2008 for saving the lives of U.S. and Afghan troops during combat.
This is the third of the nation’s highest military decorations to be awarded …