"Army Staff Sgt. Ty M. Carter, left, watches as President Obama greets family members of fallen service members after Carter was awarded the Medal of Honor during a White House ceremony on August 26, 2013. Carter was cited for his actions during the October 3, 2009, defense of Command Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, including ""running through a hail of enemy rocket propelled grenade and machine gun fire to rescue a critically wounded comrade."""