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Finally tonight here, america strong. the young husband and father and hero on the battlefield. tonight, army medic ronald j. shurer ii recognized with the nation's highest military award, the medal of honor. 9/11 inspired staff sergeant shurer to join the army. a green beret, two deployments to afghanistan. he is third from the left there with fellow members of operational detachment alpha 3336, a special operations task force. on april 6th, 2008, shurer and his fellow soldiers were ambushed by some 200 enemy fighters, taking on heavy machine gun, sniper and rocket-propelled grenade fire. bra...

Absolute hero he was born in alaska december 7th, 1978 ironically the anniversary of the attack on pearl harr lore. he grew up the son of an airmen living in illinois and idaho. obviously from an extraordinary beginning became an extraordinary individual. one clearly committed to service. let me share just a bit of his back story. he said i enlisted in the fall of 2002. i was in graduate school at the time getting a degree in academic economics. after 9/11, ugly stories, coming back from overseas it, felt like the right thing to do. so i left halfway through the program, and enlisted in the ar...

Congress the medal of honor to staff sergeant ronald j. shurer, ii, united states army, for c conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. staff sergeant ronald j. shurer distinguished himself by gallantry above and beyond the call of duty on april 6th, 2008, while serving as a senior medical sergeant, special forces operational detachment alpha 3336, special operations task force, 33, in support of operation enduring freedom. staff sergeant shurer was part of an assault element inserted by helicopter into a location in afghanistan. as the assault element mo...

Congress the medal of honor to staff sergeant ronald j.shurer. above and beyond the call of duty. staff sergeant ronald j.shurer exdistinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty on april 6th, 2008, while serving as a senior medical sergeant special forces operational detachment alpha 3336, special operations task force, 33 in support of operation enduring freedom. staff sergeant shurer was part of an assault element in afghanistan. as he moved up a near vertical mountain towards its objective it was engaged by fierce enemy machine gun, sniper and rocket propelled grenade fire. the lea...

A u.s. special operations task force will also remain. in terms of how much it has wound down only five air strikes last week compared to 21 in syria. in december -- he is facing parliamentary elections later this month including against some iranian-backed candidates. >> sandra: what does the future look like for u.s. troops in neighboring syria. >> in an interview with reporters yesterday defense secretary mattis doesn't want to see all 2,000 troops pulled out of syria before the diplomats have had a chance to win the peace. on caphill he told lawmakers about the complex battlefield includin...