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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe White House<\/a> announces that Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward Byers will be awarded the Medal of Honor on February 29th. The circumstances of his deeds is still classified, the announcement states merely that he is being awarded the Medal for rescuing a civilian on December 8-9, 2012.<\/p>\n Senior Chief Byers entered the Navy in September 1998, attending boot camp and Hospital Corpsman School at Great Lakes, Illinois. He served at Great Lakes Naval Hospital, and then with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In 2002, he attended the Basic Underwater Demolition\/SEAL course, graduating from Class 242, and completed the Special Operations Combat Medic course in 2003. Senior Chief Byers has been assigned to various east coast SEAL teams, and completed eight overseas deployments with seven combat tours.<\/p>\n Senior Chief Byers\u2019 awards and decorations include five awards of the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V device, two awards of the Purple Heart, the Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor device, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V device, two additional awards of the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, two awards of the Combat Action Ribbon, three Presidential Unit Citations, two Joint Meritorious Unit Awards, two Navy Unit Commendations, and five Good Conduct Medals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Thomas Gibbons-Neff writes in the Washington Post<\/a> about the action that earned Byers the Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"