Amazing story of bravery here at Stars and Stripes. Sgt. (then Cpl.) Dakota Meyer, was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the 2009 Battle of Ganjgal Village in Afghanistan. Five times he and another Marine, then-Staff Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chavez, waded through an enemy ambush in a Humvee to rescue pin-down Marines. In doing so, he would rescue 13 Marines and 23 Afghan soldiers. On the fifth trip, he found 4 of his slain comrades. Another would perish later. He is the first Marine to be awarded the MOH since Vietnam.

Along with his bravery, the battle pinpointed problems the military is having with air and artillery support. The rules to protect civilian lives are in some cases needlessly extreme and may become detrimental to the survival of our servicemen. The original McClatchy story, filed just after the battle, detailing these events are here.