Awards

Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright's family accepted the nation's third-highest award for valor at a ceremony in Santa Claus, Georgia.

The Army recently awarded Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson with a posthumous Bronze Star with Valor device.

National Purple Heart Day was marked by the return of seven Purple Hearts earned by WWII and Vietnam veterans.

Gilday demonstrated "superb tactical competence" and "untiring devotion to duty," his Navy Commendation Medal states.

The Coastie in the dramatic video performed a "tremendous feat of bravery," said the service's top senior enlisted member.

On Tuesday afternoon, Trump took to Twitter, calling the medal awards "ridiculous" and demanding that they be rescinded.

Tech. Sgt. Michael Perolio received the third-highest award for valor in combat during a ceremony Thursday.

Two California-based sailors have been recognized for extraordinary heroism during a nighttime raid on a remote ISIS hideout.

The Army recently awarded six 4th Infantry Division soldiers with combat awards for responding to an Oct. 18 insider attack...

Staff Sgt. David Bellavia's heroic actions in Fallujah earned him the highest military honor.