Medals of Honor are awarded sparingly and are bestowed only to the bravest of the brave; and that courage must be well documented. The most recent U. S. Army recipients are listed below Since 1998 ...

A picture of the medal is available on the U.S. Air Force website. For more on military medals, see the Military.com Medal section.

Full eligibility criteria for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service medals are contained in Department of Defense Manual 1348.33, Volume 2, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards.

Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 11 October 1871, Haverhill, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 55, 19 July 1901. Citation: In the ...

Chile's Cristian Valenzuela guide Cristopher Guajardo cross the line to win gold in the men's 5,000m T11 race at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. © • Getty Images ...

Harl Pease of the U.S. Army Air Corps. Pease, a native of Plymouth, received the Medal of Honor posthumously after his ...

Chief Petty Officer Kate Nesbitt won the Military Cross, Britain's second highest military medal, for her dash to save L/Cpl John List's life in 2009. L/Cpl List was shot in the neck during a ...

A former Venezuelan Army Lieutenant who had fled his country and had been granted political asylum in Chile has been abducted apparently in a commando operation sanctioned by Caracas, it was ...

A collection of medals from a soldier who won a Victoria Cross (VC) in 1891 has sold at ... and "unique" as it was "the only VC for this military action for which a medal was awarded".

Former President Donald Trump, vying for a return to the White House as the nation’s commander in chief, appeared to disparage military service members wounded and killed in action … again.

That reciprocal help paid off for both runners in Saturday’s PIAA cross country championships ... Granger, who didn’t medal in the state meet last year, finished 21st this year with a time ...