Recipients

Robert Homer

Robert Homer was one of four Marines and a Navy Corpsman decorated for actions in Operation Steel Curtain, on November 16, 2005, in Iraq. The…
Jefferson Davis
Javier Alvarez

Javier Alvarez was one of four Marines and a Navy Corpsman decorated for actions in Operation Steel Curtain, on November 16, 2005, in Iraq. The…
Monica Brown

Not since World War II has any woman been awarded the Silver Star or higher for heroism in Combat. In 2005, Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester…
Joshua Betten

Sergeant First Class Betten was Federalized from the Florida Army National Guard. His comrade in this action, Sergeant First Class Andrew Lewis, also received the…
Michael McLaughlin

Lieutenant Colonel McLaughlin began his military career as an ROTC cadet and was commissioned a second lieutenant in May 1982 at Clarion University. . He…
David Russell
Matthew Lopez
Danny Santos
Kristopher Kane
James Fairchild

During the 17-hour engagement called the “Battle of Robert’s Ridge,” two Airmen were posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross, and James Fairchild was one of…
Burt Bartley

Burt Bartley graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1983. During the 17-hour engagement called the “Battle of Robert’s…