SEAL To Receive Medal of Honor

Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers will receive the Medal of Honor for his part in a 2012 rescue operation of a hostage in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Feb. 2. President Obama will present Byers with the award in a Feb. 29 White House ceremony, making him the first sailor to earn the nation’s highest honor for valor in combat related to actions in Afghanistan. Byers, 37, joined the Navy in 1998 and was trained as a hospital corpsman. The Toledo, Ohio native is stationed at Joint Base Little Creek-Story, Va.