David Bellavia

Author of the much acclaimed war memoir House to House: An Epic Memoir of War, about door-to-door close combat in Iraq, Bellavia is a former army staff sergeant who served in the First Infantry Division (Task Force 2-2) for six years.

He is the recipient of the both Silver and Bronze Stars for valor, and the Conspicuous Service Cross, New York State's highest award for combat valor. He has also been nominated for both the Distinguished Service Cross and the Medal of Honor for his actions in a fierce urban hand-to-hand fight in the battle of Fallujah, in November 2004 ... Read More

Marcus Lutrell

New York Times best-selling author Marcus Luttrell is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and Petty Officer First Class who was awarded a Purple Heart, and a Navy Cross for combat heroism on the front lines in Afghanistan. The sole survivor of a mission in which four Navy SEALs were sent into a Taliban stronghold on the Afghan-Pakistan border to capture a key Taliban leader, Luttrell was badly injured yet managed to escape capture and later author the best-seller, Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. A film based on the book is currently being considered...Read More

Kate Norley

Kate Norley's call to duty occurred following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, when she realized that her country needed her, and she subsequently put her education on hold to go join the military. After completing basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC, in 2001, Kate received medical training at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX. Once she had completed medical training, Norley was assigned to Ft. Hood, TX. While at Ft Hood, Norley served under the 1st Cavalry Division and completed desert-warfare training at the National Training Center in the Mojave Desert, CA-an exercise in how the weather and sand in a desert environment will effect both medical equipment and transport. Read More

Thomas F. Parks III

"He is a great leader, and he is someone you can stand behind on every decision he makes." That is how one of the men who served with Thomas Parks in the Marines describes him.

Others share that opinion, and that is one of several factors that earned Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Parks the Silver Star-the nation's third-highest combat award for heroism-for his efforts during the march to Baghdad.

Parks was credited with single-handedly destroying an enemy T-55 tank, and then taking out a sniper and two other enemy fighters during an ambush on April 3, 2003.  ... Read More

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Steve Russell may be best known for leading the battalion that was a central player in the hunt and capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but he has a much broader, more illustrious record of service. Before retiring in the fall of 2006, He served 21 years in the U.S. Army's Airborne, Light and Mechanized units, crossing the globe on assignments from the Arctic, to the Pacific, to Europe, to the Middle East and back.... Read More

Despite being pierced by shrapnel from an exploding grenade, Marine Sgt. Jeremiah Workman continued rushing forward into enemy fire, leading three assaults to extricate Marines trapped in a besieged building. This courageous act took place while Workman was serving as a Marine squad leader in Fallujah, Iraq, during clearing operations on Dec. 23, 2004. It earned him a Navy Cross Medal-an honor second only to the Medal of Honor-for "extraordinary heroism."... Read More