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"Today we induct a new name into the world's most exclusive gathering of heroes," President Trump said before presenting the Medal of Honor to retired Navy SEAL Britt Slabinski. During a 2002 combat mission in Afghanistan, Slabinski led a team on steep, icy mountain to rescue a teammate who’d been ejected from a helicopter https://cnn.it/2GNwIht | CNN

For more than 150 years, the Medal of Honor has been the U.S. military's highest award for acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. On Thursday, Capt. Florent A. Groberg (ret.) became the nation’s newest Medal of Honor recipient – and the 10th living service member to be recognized with America’s highest valor award for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. Find out more about Groberg's story here: www.armytimes.com/Groberg-Honor | Army Times