In the closing days of 2020, the Department of Defense released its 2021 Defense Budget. A voluminous document that contains the projected spending for all services for the next year, the Defense Budget also includes small tidbits of seemingly unrelated information, including proposals for awarding the Medal of Honor, the highest award for valor under […]
Colonel Ralph Puckett
Waivers clear a path for 4 Soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor
FeaturedAmong the myriads of pages of the 2021 Defense Budget are waivers that clear the path for four service members to receive the Medal of Honor, America’s highest and most prestigious military award. The Pentagon had to get a waiver for the four Soldiers (Colonel Ralph Puckett, Specialist Dwight Birdwell, Sergeant Earl Plumlee, and Sergeant […]
