Stories of Service

1st Lt. Florent Groberg and Sgt. Andrew Mahoney ,both of whom served on a personal security detail with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Afghanistan, 2010. Department of Defense.

1st Lt. Florent Groberg and Soldiers of Task Force Mountain Warrior, Afghanistan, 2010. Department of Defense.

1st Lt. Florent Groberg, platoon leader of 4th Platoon, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal, patrols the city streets of Asad Abad, Afghanistan, 2010. Department of Defense.

1st. Lt. Florent A. Groberg, officer in charge for personal security detail, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, enjoys the view from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter traveling over the Kunar province, Afghanistan, 2012. Department of Defense.

Captain Florent Groberg, his mother, Klara Groberg, father, Larry Groberg, and friend, Matthew Sanders, at Walter Reed National Medical Center with President Barack Obama, Bethesda, MD, 2012. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Captain Florent Groberg returns for the Change of Command ceremony, Fort Carson, El Paso County, CO, 2013. Christian Murdock/The Gazette/AP Images.

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Captain Florent Groberg in the East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2015 . National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin, U.S. Army Maj. Thomas E. Kenned, U.S. Air Force Maj. Walter D. Gray, Mr. Ragaei Abdelfattah. Department of Defense.

Major Thomas Kennedy (Class of 2018 Branch Night, Nov. 15, 2017.) U.S. Army photo by Michelle Eberhart.

Archival photographs of Maddie Stevens and her family. Courtesy of Madeline Stevens. 

Maddie Stevens receiving the General Mattis and Outstanding Graduate Award from the U.S. Naval Academy, 2016. U.S. Naval Institute. 

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden join host Jon Stewart and David Letterman for the presentation of the Joining Forces 5th anniversary birthday cake during a USO comedy show celebrating Military Appreciation Month as well as the 5th anniversary of Joining Forces and the 75th anniversary of the USO, at Joint Base Andrews, MD, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, and facility manager Judith Markelz, greet volunteers preparing a meal at the Warrior and Family Support Center in San Antonio, TX, 2011. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets children during her visit to the Naval Air Station Oceana Summer Camp in Virginia Beach, VA., 2011. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden greet members of the audience after participating in a Joining Forces initiative event with service members, military spouses, and employers at the Fort Campbell Veterans Jobs Summit and Career Forum at Fort Campbell, KY, 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in the Joining Forces luncheon with Capt. Rolona Brown and Dr. J.D. Crouch II, CEO of United Services Organizations (USO), on Veterans Day at the Naval Observatory Residence in Washington, D.C., 2015. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden tour the James J. Peters V.A. Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a photo line at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Jacksonville,FL, 2012. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

First Lady Michelle Obama addressing High School Junior and Senior Girls from military families in Jacksonville, FL., 2012. © Bob Self/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images. 

Maddie Stevens introduces First Lady Michelle Obama at a Joining Forces event with military teens at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL. 2012. Courtesy of the United States Navy. 

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks with military teens at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL, 2012. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

Archival photographs of Melvin Morris. Courtesy of Melvin Morris.

Interview with Medal of Honor recipient Melvin Morris. The Rowlinson Media Group, VERO BEACH, FL. Courtesy of USA Warrior Stories. 

Melvin Morris, left, serving on a mission in Vietnam, ca. 1974. Department of Defense.

Soldiers search and clear a field during the Vietnam War in 1969. NBC News Archive/Getty Images.

Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris, 1960s. Department of Defense. 

Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris and others, 1960s. Department of Defense. 

Interview with Medal of Honor recipient Melvin Morris. The Rowlinson Media Group, VERO BEACH, FL. Courtesy of USA Warrior Stories. 

President Barack Obama greets Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris and family in the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris, a Vietnam War veteran, stands in his uniform with family and friends before heading to the White House, Washington, D.C. 2014. Joe Raedle/Getty Images. 

Mary Morris helps her husband, Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris, a Vietnam War veteran, with his uniform as they prepare to make their way to the White House, Washington, D.C., 2014. Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

President Barack Obama presides over a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

Medal of Honor recipient, retired Sergeant 1st Class Melvin Morris, 2015. © Thomas Cordy/The Palm Beach Post/ZUMA Wire.

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris, a Vietnam War veteran, walks with his granddaughter, Symone Barnes, after they met President Barack Obama in the Oval Office and before a ceremony to award him the Medal of Honor, Washington, D.C., 2014. Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris listens to U.S. President Barack Obama speak at the White House after Morris was awarded the Medal of Honor, Washington, D.C., 2014. Joe Raedle/Getty Images. 

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris, a Vietnam War veteran shown at his home with an image of himself in uniform, Cocoa, FL, 2014. Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

Margaret Witt talks to reporters at the federal courthouse in Tacoma, WA., 2010. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren. 

Margaret Witt poses for a photo outside the federal courthouse in Tacoma, WA, 2010. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren. 

Archival photos from Margaret Witt. Courtesy of Margaret Witt. 

President Barack Obama delivers a speech and signs the Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

People in the audience listen as President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 during a ceremony at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Margaret Witt and her partner, Laurie McChesney, and ACLU attorney Sher Kung, leave the federal courthouse in Tacoma, WA, 2010. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren.

Audio of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, 2014. Courtesy of ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE. 

Archival photographs of Cory Remsburg. Courtesy of Cory Remsburg. 

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Army Ranger Cory Remsburg in Normandy, France, 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Cory Remsburg and his father Craig Remsburg during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

General audience at the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

President Barack Obama visits Army Ranger SFC Cory Remsburg at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, MD., Feb. 28, 2010. 

President Barack Obama meets privately with wounded warrior Army Ranger SFC Cory Remsburg, at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Arizona, Aug. 6, 2013. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama signs a photo of Cory Remsburg. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

President Barack Obama speaks at the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

Photographs of Cory Remsburg and his family during his rehabilitation, Gilbert, AZ, 2019. © Pete Souza. 

Cory Remsburg in physical rehabilitation and training for the Warrior Games, ca. 2019. ESPN. 

Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg visits President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library. 

Archival photographs of Victor Cortese in the military and with his family. Courtesy of Victor Cortese. 

Glastonbury Woods apartments in Nashville, TN. BDP Impact. 

Mr. Weatherspoon, a resident of Glastonbury Woods apartments in Nashville, TN. © Roland's Photography. 

President Barack Obama delivers his Farewell Address, delivered at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, 2017. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.