Medal of Honor Recipient Wants To Go Back To War

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Edward C. Byers Jr. during a White House ceremony, Feb. 29, 2016. Byers received the medal for actions while serving as part of a team that rescued an American civilian held hostage in Afghanistan in 2012. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

Matt White, Virginia-Pilot/Washington Post: Navy SEAL Medal of Honor recipient wants to go back to war. Why that's a rarity.

On Monday, Navy Senior Chief Edward Byers was awarded the nation's highest combat honor for his role in a hostage rescue mission. Byers is believed to be first service member to ever earn the Medal of Honor while assigned to the secretive SEAL Team 6, based in Virginia Beach. But it is his plans for the future that could make him even more unique: Byers wants to return to combat.

"This honor carries with it some obligations that I need to carry out," Byers told the Post last Friday in an interview at the Pentagon. "But, I plan to continue doing my job as normal and to continue being a SEAL."

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