Hero

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Ned Seath Feb. 11, 2011. Seath also recieved a Bronze Star with a V for valor from actions the night before those that earned him the Navy Cross. (Mari More

HYANNIS, Mass. -- U.S. Coast Guardsmen from Air Station Cape Cod receive the Red Cross "Hero" award during the 9th Annual Hero's Breakfast in Hyannis Mass., March 31, 2001. Recipients of the award (from left to More

Cpl. Christopher Conley, a crew chief with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, poses with the Citizen Service Before Self Honors Medal during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery March 25 More

Two-year-old Yovas Aduraman awaits an Afghan National Army transport from Combat Outpost Metro to Forward Operating Base Todd, Bala Murghab District, Badghis Province, Afghanistan, April 2, 2011. Aduraman had s More

Two-year-old Yovas Aduraman, a child from Joy Gange Village, Bala Murghab district, Badghis province, Afghanistan, awaits an Afghan National Army transport from Combat Outpost Metro to Forward Operating Base To More

Remember to "remember them" on Memorial Day and always is a graphic depicting Sgt. Jeff Sheppard engaging insurgents in Afghanistan. Sheppard was wounded in the engagement and has since separated from active du More

U.S. Army Capt. Sean Reeves of Shalimar, Fla., Company C, Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, commander, speaks during a memorial ceremony for U.S. Army Chief Warrant Offic More

Lance Cpl. Joshua Epps stands, rifle in hand. To his peers, Epps is a machine gunner, but to the family of an ill 8-year-old girl in California, Epps is a savior. The Marine from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regim More

A bronze plaque at the Daniel Unger Memorial Park, a five acre park located in Exeter, Calif., tells Spc. Unger’s story.

Camp Atterbury post commander, Col. Todd Townsend, presents 1st Lt. David E. Bryant, Greenwood, Ind., native and demobilization officer at Camp Atterbury, with an Indiana Distinguished Service Medal, Aug. 16, f More

Sgt. Dakota Meyer, stands on the field while his Medal of Honor citation is read during a television time out in the New York Jets vs Jacksonville Jaguars game, at Metlife Stadium, here, Sept 18. Meyer is the o More

Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions since Vietnam, signs a construction worker's hard hat while touring the National September 11 Memorial & Museum after spea More

Pfc. Jose Noel Delgado, a health care specialist with C Company, 702nd Brigade Support Battalion, stands with the Lakewood City Council, his chain of command, the Chief of Police, the Fire Chief and Mary Healey More

Lance Cpl. Mark J. Suetos, of Eugene, Ore., marches away from the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward), Brig. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, during an awards ceremony Sept. 30. The scout sniper with Head More

Lance Cpl. Taylor D. Moody of Mountain Home, Idaho, reports to the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward), Brig. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, during an award ceremony Sept. 30. The automatic rifleman wit More

Sgt. Sean M. Cain of Newkirk, Okla., reports to the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward), Brig. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, during an award ceremony Sept. 30. The squad leader with Company C, 1st Batt More

Lance Cpl. Luis M. Figueroa III, of Holland, Mich., displays his Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with combat distinguishing device after an award ceremony Sept. 30. The assaultman with Company C, 1st Ba More

Lance Cpl. Kyle C. Cameron, of Yakima, Wash., receives the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with combat distinguishing device from the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward), Brig. Gen. Lewi More

Lance Cpl. Adam B. Kramvik of Moorhead, Minn., receives the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with combat distinguishing device from the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward), Brig. Gen. Lew More

Sgt. James E. Connelly, of Cedar Grove, N.J., reports to the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward), Brig. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, during an award ceremony Sept. 30. The squad leader with Company A, More

Sgt. 1st Class Chad Clark is currently an Army Reservist with the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion and is a recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Clark, from Gahanna, Ohio, will be honored as a Soldier He More

Lieutenant Col. William H. Vivian, the commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, pays his final respects to Lance Cpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt of San Antonio Oct. 13, after a memorial service honori More

United States Air Force 1st t. Jeff Robertson holds a photograph of his father outside the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan headquarters building in Kabul. Veterans Day is a U.S. holiday observed Nov. 11 of ea More

LARGO, Fla. - Osceola District Boy Scouts District Vice Chair George Bessler presents an award to Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Tr More

LARGO, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., gives a speech at a recognition and awards dinner to Osceola Boy More

LARGO, Fla. - Osceola Boy Scout leaders give a round of applause for Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., during a More

LARGO, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., gives a speech at a recognition and awards dinner to Osceola Boy More

LARGO, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station Traverse City, Mich., and Osceola District Boy Scouts District Vice Chair George Bessl More

Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Western Recruiting Region, pins a Silver Star on Sgt. Phillip A. McCulloch Jr., drill instructor, Company M, 3rd Recrui More

Seaman Brett R. Hodgson, a hospital corpsman at Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, stands with the Robinson family after receiving a Navy Achievement Medal for providing provided basic life support to Robinson's More

Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 205th Afghan National Army, load an MI-17 helicopter from the Kandahar Air Wing prior to conducting an air insertion into the village of Molla Dust in the Panjwa’i district of Sou More

Brig. Gen. Ahmed Habibi, commander of the 1st Brigade, 205th Afghan National Army, addresses a formation of soldiers near the village of Kenjakak in the Panjwa’i district of southern Kandahar province, Afghanis More

Maj. Khakrizwa Rahmatullah, Dand district chief of police, talks with an Afghan soldier from the 1st Brigade, 205th Atal “Hero” Corps during operations, April 2, 2012.

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith's parents, Jerry and Sandra Smith, and his wife, Rachel Smith, listen to Maj. Mark Wood, the commanding officer of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, give a speech comme More

A historic photograph of Staff Sgt. (then Pvt.) Merl W. Skinner, 301st Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, in his service uniform. Skinner, a C-47 Skytrain crew chief, died while air evacuating World War II patient More

Cpl. Christopher Farias will receive the Navy Cross for actions while serving as Assistant Squad Leader, Battery I, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Forward), I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forw More

KEY WEST, Fla. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Blake Grella and Seaman Cody Wright, members at Coast Guard Station Marathon, Fla., tag one other during the Run to Remember event May 19, 2012. More than 90 members par More

KEY WEST, Fla. - Seaman Cody Wright, a crewmember at Coast Guard Station Marathon, Fla., runs by the station as the crowd cheers him on during the Run to Remember event May 19, 2012. More than 90 members partic More

KEY WEST, Fla. - Members from Coast Guard Station Marathon, Fla., are shown after finishing the Run to Remember event May 19, 2012. More than 90 members participated in the 100-mile run from Key Largo to Key We More

KEY WEST, Fla. KEY WEST, Fla. - Members from Coast Guard Station Marathon, Fla., are shown with the names of fallen Coast Guard members on the back of their shirts during the Run to Remember event May 19, 2012. More

The memorial tribute of Spc. Kedith Jacobs before his memorial ceremony at Combat Outpost Sayed-Abad in southern Wardak province, Afghanistan. Jacobs was a multichannel transmissions system operator and maintai More

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Kinzie accepts a Certificate of Merit from the Virginia State Troopers, presented by Senior Trooper Mike Hamer.

Michael Rivera, a civilian police officer at the Provost Marshal's Office on Quantico Marine Corps Base poses against a cruiser at the Provost Marshal's office on Monday. Rivera, a former gunnery sergeant, resc More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Lee Stuckey (right), the commanding officer of Transportation and Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group and, a Shorter, Ala., native and Executive Dir More

Pfc. Mike D. Parmelee, a paratrooper assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, stands for a photo after being interviewed about saving a woman from a burnin More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jeremy Kilburn, a doctor, 99th Medical Operations Squadron Cardio/Pulmonary Flight commander and Intensive Care Unit director, oversees operations in the Mike O'Callaghan Federal Medical Cen More

Marines, sailors, families and friends of 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, stand for the playing of the “Star Spangled Banner” during a memorial service at the base theater on Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 13. T More

Maj. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, U.S. Army Alaska commanding general, with Donald Rudolph Jr. and wife Kimberly unveil the plaque dedicating the Fort Wainwright’s Range Complex to Donald Rudolph’s father, 2nd Lt. More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Sean Rosenberg with B Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team speaks at a memorial ceremony for U.S. Army Pfc. Andrew Keller of B. Compan More

Philadelphia native Cpl. Jason M. Hassinger (center right), receives the Silver Star from Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, the outgoing commanding general of 2nd Marine Division during the 2nd Marine Division change-o More

Solders stand during a memorial ceremony for U.S. Army Spc. James Justice of Chosen Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, at Combat Outpost Sultan Khyel, Aug. 24, More

Senior Airman Kathleen Eliseo, sensor operator with the 4th Special Operations Squadron, hugs her father on the flightline at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 5, 2012. Senior Airman Eliseo is one of many airmen retu More

In this image released by the U.S. Army Reserve, soldiers with the 75th Training Command participate in a charity fundraising race in Houston, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. While the primary wave of the race include More

A mannequin bears the dress blue uniform that once belonged to Lt. Col. Elmer Heindl, chaplain. The mannequin is part of a display at the Armed Forces Reserve Center at Fort Benning, Ga., that was recently memo More

Master Sgt. Frank Berlanga, a 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron squad leader from the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Security Forces Squadron, addresses members of the 455th ESFS during a ceremo More

Soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, stand tall to honor their hero, Staff Sgt. Roberto Loeza, who died May 25, 2012, in Afghan More

Coalition Forces attend a memorial service in honor of Lt. Col. Christopher K. Raible at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 19, 2012. Raible, commanding officer of Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 21 More

U.S. and Coalition Forces attend a memorial service in honor of Sgt. Bradley W. Atwell at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 20, 2012. Atwell was an aircraft electrical/instrument and flight cont More

Pfc. Kamie Valenzuela, a paralegal specialist with Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Durable, 1st Sustainment Brigade flashes the “peace” sign before departing for Afghanistan on a C-17 aircraft Sept. 23, 2012.

Coalition Forces attend a memorial service in honor of Lt. Col. Christopher K. Raible at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 19, 2012. Raible, commanding officer of Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 21 More

200616-N-UK306-0073 PENSACOLA, Fla. (June 16, 2020) Capt. Tim Kinsella, commanding officer, Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, presents Master-at-Arms 1st Class Donald Scott with the Navy And Marine Corps Medal More

Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley presents a coin to U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Trent Mitchell, a crew chief for 801st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, during a ceremony held at the 8th Special More

Maj. Brian Roeder, one of the officers assigned to a Security Force Assistance Team from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, works with an Afghan National Security Force role-player during Rotation 13-01 at the National T More

Air Force Capt. Michael Sciortino cuts the ribbon on a conference room named after him on Oct. 18. at Camp Mike Spann, Regional Support Command-North, Afghanistan. (Photo by 2nd Lt. Gretchen N. McIntyre, RSC-N More

A fellow teammate pays his last respects to fallen Australian army soldier Cpl. Scott Smith during the fallen soldier’s memorial ceremony held at Multinational Base Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, Oct. 26, 2012. Smith More

Cpl. Joshua Murphy, an airframe mechanic with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, stands in front of one of the squadron’s KC-130J Hercules on the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point flight line Oc More

Sgt. Richard Schuh of Fort Drum receives the USO Volunteer of the Year Award from Daniel E. Walker, left, chief talent officer for JC Penny department stores, and retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, 1 More

1st Sgt. Reginald Daniels receives the Bronze Star Dec. 14, during a special ceremony at Marine Wing Communications Squadron 28 headquarters at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. From July through Dece More

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A security forces airman fires his M4 carbine during training. 366th Security Forces Squadron Defenders have served as military working dog handlers attached to the Army; fought alongside Iraqi police as part o More

Staff Sgt. Daniel Ball, 366th Security Forces Squadron controller, and other Defenders perform entry checks at a deployed location in Iraq. Ball, a graduate of Yuba City High School, Calif., complete three comb More

Master Sgt. Ryan Glosson, 366th Security Forces Squadron first sergeant, relaxes after an outside-the-wire mission in Afghanistan. Glosson and fellow firefighter Tech. Sgt. John Knight were involved in a rocket More

Joshua Williams, 366th Security Forces Squadron investigator, walks toward a C-130 Hercules on an airfield in Germany before deploying to another location. As a former Phoenix Raven, Williams, native of Palatin More

Charles Johnson, a 64-year-old war veteran and a native of Sylmar, Calif., displays his riding vest. Johnson participates in several Patriotic Guard missions each month to include homecomings, memorials, and de More

Major Rudy Salcido, the commanding officer of Georgian Liaison Team, 32nd Georgian Light Infantry Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, and Lt.Col. Phridoni Tereladze, the Georgian commanding officer, pay their More

Senior Airman Amanda Torres, 22nd Operations Support Squadron aviation resource management journeyman, files a daily aircrew report March 22, 2013, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. In addition to her duties in th More

Walter Grice, a Goldsboro native and former service member in the U.S. Army, cries as he finds the name of one of his fallen friends on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall at the Wayne Community Colleg More

A U.S. Soldier from the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Danvers, Mass., enters a building spraying a controlled fire during a training exercise in Bedford, Mass., June 8, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Anthony T. Z More

Sergeant 1st Class Daniel T. Metcalfe’s Silver Star Medal and citation as awarded to his family at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, June 20. (U.S. Army photo)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ty Michael Carter, a staff noncommissioned officer with Headquarters Support Company, 7th Infantry Division, and his wife, Shannon, address 20 media sources during an interview regarding hi More

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. George "Bud" Day's gravestone sits on display during his funeral service at the Barrancas National Cemetery on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 1, 2013. Day, a Medal of Honor More

Petty Officer 3rd Class John Schleicher from Marine Safety Unit Chicago receives a question from a Five Seasons Sports Club camper in Burr Ridge, Ill., Aug. 1, 2013. Schleicher's visit was part of Super Heroes More

A 29-year U. S. Army veteran, Lt. Col. William Holstine, is honored by the Chicago White Sox as their Hero of the Game for his military service.

U.S. Army soldiers with the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stand ready to receive awards at an awards ceremony at Forward Operating Base Sa More

Capt. Timothy Gilbride, commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point pins aircrew wings on Donovan Lindo at the air station, Sept. 19, 2013. The Coast Guard partnered with the Make-a-Wish Foundat More

(From center-left) A Purple Heart, Silver Star, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, WWII Occupation Medal with "Germany" clasp, European/African/and Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with four bronze stars More

The Hero's Tree on display at the Pershing Community Center.

Maj. Gen. John M. Murray, 3rd ID commanding general, and retired Lt. Gen. William Webster, former 3rd ID commanding general, place a wreath at the base of Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith's memorial tree Dec. 14 as More

Private First Class Noah J. McKnight is being hailed for his role in helping stop a shoplifter at Colonie Center Mall Dec. 19. McKnight, a native of Cohoes, N.Y., graduated Marine Corps recruit training Sept. More

Police escorts arrive to pick up retired U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter, not shown, from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., June 16, 2014. Carpenter will receive the M More

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Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 67-foot concrete- and-steel statue, atop a sunset-granite base, stands alongside Interstate Highway 45 at the Huntsville Visitor More

Coalition soldiers unload an initial shipment of supplies, called a “warlord,” for the 205th Corps, Afghan National Army, Jan. 13, 2014, at Camp Hero, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The warlord came after the 205th com More

Staff Sgt. Tony Park, 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron cannibalization crew chief, saved a life while visiting a North Carolina beach. Read the story to find out how. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class More

Sgt. Matthew Sullivan poses for a photo at the scene of an accident where he assisted a man injured after his truck caught on fire on I-85N at Old Peachtree Road, March 9. “Afterwards, when all the adrenaline r More

Staff Sgt. Keith J. Booze, 22nd Force Support Squadron military personnel section customer support NCO in charge, poses with his Red Cross medal, Dec. 10, 2014, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Booze was selec More

Sgt. 1st Class Paul M. Dimond received the Purple Heart Medal March 28, 2014, for injuries he sustained from an improvised explosive device which was detonated five meters from him during a graduation ceremony More

Police escort arrives to pick up U.S. Marine Corps retired Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. June 16, 2014. Cpl. Carpenter is in town to receive the Me More

The sun rises over the Air Force Memorial and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., June 17, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael C. Guinto/Released)

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter, right, meets retired Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., June 17, 2014. Carpenter will More