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Navy SEAL to receive Medal of Honor for leading assault on snowy Afghanistan mountaintopMaster Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt K. Slabinski, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, will be awarded the Medal of Honor.A Navy SEAL who led a mission to rescue a stranded teammate while engaging in a firefight “against the tenacious and more heavily armed enemy forces†on a snowy mountaintop in Afghanistan is set to be awarded the Medal of Honor.The White House announced Monday that President Trump will present the award to Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt K. Slabinski on May 24.On March 4, 2002, the now-retired SEAL was in charge of a reconnaissance team that was assigned to a snow-covered 10,000-foot peak in the Middle Eastern country to support a coalition offensive against Al Qaeda in the valley below, the White House said.Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/08/navy-seal-to-receive-medal-honor-for-leading-assault-on-snowy-afghanistan-mountaintop.html
