Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer returned to service in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves on Thursday, 15 years after leaving active duty.
With his right hand raised, 36-year-old Meyer swore the Oath of Enlistment before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes, according to the U.S. Marine Corps website.
“There hasn’t been a single day since I got out 15 years ago that I didn’t wake up and truly want to serve again,” Meyer said at the ceremony. “I didn’t want to do it because of the rank. I didn’t want to do it for recognition. I just did it because the mission never left me.”
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During a Friday segment of “America’s Newsroom” on Fox News, Meyer encouraged
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