Possible Medal of Honor for Green Beret Under Review

In 2014 Sergeant First Class Earl Plumlee, a former Reconnaissance Marine turned-Army Special Forces soldier with the 1st Special Forces Group was decorated with the Silver Star for his actions in Afghanistan when a dozen Taliban insurgents launched an attack on FOB Ghazni.

Medal of Honor recipient shares experience and advice

“That day was supposed to be just a simple day,” said retired Capt. Florent Groberg, Medal of Honor recipient, referring to the day his world changed after a suicide bomber attacked his patrol escort in Afghanistan. Groberg was at Fort Benning, April 25, to be inducted into the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame. While […]

Santiago Erevia, former Army sergeant once denied Medal of Honor, dies at 69

Santiago Erevia, a Vietnam veteran who had been denied the nation’s highest military honor for 45 years because he was Hispanic, died in San Antonio on Tuesday. He was 69. The New York Times reported that Erevia, who single-handedly destroyed four enemy bunkers during a search and clear mission near Tam Ky, South Vietnam on May 21, 1969, died […]

Special Forces Medal Of Honor Legend Shares Life Lessons (Part 1)

National Congressional Medal of Honor Day on Friday, March 25, is a special memorial day when recipients of the Medal of Honor gather each year at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate their fallen brethren. Among those warriors who have received our nation’s highest award for valor in combat is […]

Navy SEAL struggles to step into limelight of Medal of Honor

In the darkness of a single-room building in Afghanistan, Navy Senior Chief Edward C. Byers Jr. had little time to react: A fellow Navy SEAL had just been shot in the head during a hostage rescue mission, and it wasn’t clear who else in the room wanted to kill the American team. Byers burst in anyway, […]