This Medal Of Honor Recipient Still Wants To Serve

Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Edward C. Byers Jr. gives remarks outside the West Wing after a ceremony honoring him with the Medal of Honor at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 29, 2016. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

Kimberly Dozier, Daily Beast: Is This a Hero SEAL’s Final Mission?

Edward Byers, Jr. just became the first SEAL in 40 years to win the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award. It won’t be his last fight, if he has a say.

Navy SEALs are supposed to operate in the shadows. Once their names are known—once they come into the light—their careers on the front lines are typically over. But officials swear that a hero SEAL—the newest Medal of Honor recipient—will be allowed to go on secretive missions, if that’s what he really wants.

“It’s up to him to decide,” said a senior military official after Monday’s White House ceremony to award Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers, Jr., 36, the nation’s highest military honor.

Byers is the first living, active-duty SEAL to receive the award in 40 years, for his role in rescuing an American doctor kidnapped by militants in Afghanistan in December 2012.

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Update: This graphic shows how Navy SEAL Edward Byers earned the Medal of Honor (Washington Post)

WNU Editor: No one is going to stop him on what he wants.