What is the Medal of Honor? Also referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Medal of Honor is the highest individual award available in the United States Military.

After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...

Robert Kerrey led Navy SEAL teams in Vietnam and was later elected governor of Nebraska and then to the U.S. senate for a dozen years.

His subsequent 1970 Medal of Honor for ... the United States was committed to keeping the country from falling to communism. Kerrey decided he wanted to join the Navy SEALs, then a nascent special ...

The U.S. Naval Academy and West Point rejected an advertisement intended for the Army-Navy game last month that featured a Marine whom supporters believe should receive the Medal of Honor ...

Cmdr. Clyde Lassen piloted a dangerous rescue mission in 1968 to save two Naval aviators shot down in the jungle ...

and they received the Medal of Honor posthumously as part of a campaign to shine a light on the role of minority service members in defense of the United States. All five — one Hispanic ...

Enlisted recipients of the Medal of Honor are entitled to a supplemental uniform allowance. -Children of recipients are eligible for admission to the United States military academies without ...

A plaque will be dedicated Sunday at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired ...

(KTLA) – Tom Cruise has been awarded the United States Navy’s top civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award. On Tuesday, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro presented the 62 ...

The Republicans who voted against honoring police with the Congressional Gold Medal had a problem with the wording that ... the brave men and women who defended the Capitol of the United ...