Cpl. Kyle Carpenter was seriously wounded using his body to absorb a grenade blast that threatened a fellow Marine.

Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter jumped on a grenade that landed near him and his friend. His body absorbed the brunt of the blast.

The Navy will name its newest Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer for the youngest living Marine to receive the ...

This is the latest effort to recognize James Capers Jr. for his heroism during an April 1967 ambush in Vietnam.

According to a report in the Navy Times, the destroyer will be named after Gilbert native, Corporal Kyle Carpenter.

When Chris Cassidy was tapped to lead the creation of the National Medal of Honor Museum in 2021, he had no experience in ...

He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1970. After his military service, he joined the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services, becoming secretary in 2003.

The Navy SEAL was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President George W. Bush in 2008 for his actions in Ramadi, Iraq on Sept. 29, 2006.

U.S. Navy Chaplain, Lt. Cmdr. Robert Price, renders a hand salute to Medal of Honor recipient Seaman 1st Class James Richard Ward during a ceremony where he is laid to rest in the Arlington ...

WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is recommending that two members of the Navy Department be awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor, an upgrade from their current ...