When it landed just feet away from two of his squadmates from the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, he knew exactly what to do. Without hesitating, Petry picked up the grenade to toss it back. As he released it, it detonated, taking off his right hand. The action saved two lives, of Sgt. Daniel Higgins and Pfc. Lucas Robinson, and earned him the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor.

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The Ministry of Defence's Major Projects Review Board, designed to scrutinise and hold to account some of the Department's most expensive projects, has met for the first time today, 13 June 2011.

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Members of the UK Armed Forces saw further action in Libya yesterday as RAF aircraft conducted strikes against two of Colonel Gaddafi's ammunition depots.

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On Saturday 11 June 2011 soldiers of the Household Division had the honour of performing the famous Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark Her Majesty The Queen's official birthday, while 25 RAF aircraft performed a flypast over Buckingham Palace.

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126 UK Service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in her annual Birthday Honours list.

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Three teammates of Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry recently discussed the event that took place May 26, 2008, which landed the noncommissioned officer a nomination to receive the Medal of Honor.

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Defense Department officials want to hear by July 6, 2011, from the civilian employers of Reservists and National Guardsmen in a survey intended to measure the impact of servicemembers on the civilian workplace.

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Students come to Redstone Arsenal, Ala., to demonstrate high-power microwave generation with an explosive-driven compact system.

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Over the course of five days, a mobile dentistry team from Charlie Company, 201st Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, examined and treated Soldiers at Combat Outpost Wilderness, Afghanistan.

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Some 66 years later, during a ceremony June 7, 2011, in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, Shinyei "Rocky" Matayoshi accepted America's gratitude for his service in the form of the Army Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action.

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