Of the 3,536 Medals of Honor presented since its establishment in 1861, only 61 recipients are alive today, and only a ...

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer has re-enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve after nearly 15 years, driven by a sense of ...

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to Marine Corps Cpl ... he is returning to military service after 15 years out of uniform because he felt he “had more to give.” ...

In doing so, he becomes one of only two current service members who have been recognized with the nation’s highest award for valor in combat, the Medal of Honor. Meyer, wearing his dress blues ...

WASHINGTON — Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan ... to military service after 15 years out of uniform because he felt he “had more to ...