The campaign finds a reasonable balance between realism and escapism, where it manages to provide a fairly engrossing experience despite its flaws. Unfortunately, this energy is diminished somewhat by a bunch of video game-y elements, like invisible walls, invincible allies, and an incongruous icon that pops up whenever you get a headshot. From the chatter among the soldiers and the authentic weapons to the environmental continuity, there are many elements that enliven the campaign with an invigorating sense of realism. Medal of Honor tries to do just that by representing a real conflict that is really happening in a real country between two real opposing forces. He is currently serving with the 1st Special Forces Group at Fort Lewis, Washington.In the crowded first-person shooter market, it's important for a game to carve out a niche-do something better than or different from its competitors. Plumlee ran to the wounded soldier, carried him to safety and rendered first aid. He engaged several others at close range.Īt one point in the battle, an insurgent detonated his suicide vest, mortally wounding a fellow U.S.
He killed two insurgents, one with a well-placed grenade and the other by using precision sniper fire to detonate the insurgent’s suicide vest. Plumlee and five Special Operations members mounted two vehicles and raced toward the site of the detonation. Ten insurgents wearing Afghan National Army uniforms and suicide vests poured through the breach. Plumlee was serving at a base in Ghazni, Afghanistan, when it came under massive attack, with insurgents blowing a sixty-foot breach in the base’s perimeter wall. Though injured, he motioned to the aircraft to depart rather than remain to load him and risk further casualties.Ĭeliz was a South Carolina native and had enlisted in the Army in 2006. As the casualty was loaded into the helicopter and his team returned to cover, Celiz remained at the chopper, returning fire and constantly repositioning himself to shield to the aircraft and its crew.Īs the helicopter lifted off, Celiz was hit by enemy fire. Three of the soldiers he pulled from the flaming vehicle also perished.Ĭeliz, 32, was leading an operation to clear an area of enemy forces in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, when his team came under attack.Īs a medical evacuation helicopter arrived to recover a casualty, it came under sustained sustained enemy fire.Ĭeliz exposed himself to heavy fire as he led the evacuation. Cashe pulled six fellow soldiers from the burning wreckage and suffered devastating burns himself.Ĭashe, who grew up in Oviedo, Florida, died from his burns at a Texas hospital the following month. He was on patrol near Samarra, Iraq in October 2005 when the Bradley Fighting Vehicle he was commanding was attacked with small arms fire and a roadside bomb that set it flame.
service member to receive the Medal of Honor for actions since Vietnam, according to the White House. 16.Ĭashe will become the first Black U.S. The three will be recognized at a White House ceremony on Dec. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, 35, who suffered fatal injuries in Iraq while rescuing fellow soldiers from a burning vehicle in 2005. Earl Plumlee, a Special Forces soldier who fought off Taliban insurgents after massive attack in Afghanistan in 2013 and Sgt. helicopter evacuating wounded in 2018 Master Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz, an Army Ranger who died after stepping between Taliban fighters and a U.S.
soldiers who fought in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the White House said Friday. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor next week to three U.S.
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