Posted on 02/03/2016 6:13:15 AM PST by pabianice
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will award the nation’s highest award for military valor to a senior enlisted Navy SEAL for his actions during a 2012 raid in Afghanistan that freed an American civilian from captivity.
Senior Chief Petty Officer Edward Byers, a special warfare operator, will receive the Medal of Honor on Feb. 29, the White House announced Tuesday. He’ll be the 11th living servicemember to receive the award for actions in Afghanistan and only the third sailor presented the medal since the 9/11 terror attacks...
Byers, 36, is a native of Toledo, Ohio, who enlisted in the Navy about a year after graduating from Otesgo High School in Tontogany, Ohio, in June 1997, according to the White House.
A SEAL since 2003, Byers has served eight overseas deployments including seven combat tours. He’s a highly decorated operator who has been awarded at least seven medals for combat valor, including five Bronze Stars with “V†device. He’s also been awarded two Purple Hearts...
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A great honor to a true hero.
Sad he has to receive it from a failure
Better clean it after it is put on him; no telling where his hands have been.
It probably kills Obama’s black soul to put this medal on a patriot. He would rather put it around the neck of a Gitmo terrorist.
What an honor ... but I’d ask them to mail it to me.
There’s no way I’d let that enemy islamist pig-dog anywhere near me or mine.
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