{"id":2425420,"date":"2025-04-19T20:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T00:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medal-of-honor-recipient-reenlists-in-marine-corps-15-years-after-leaving-the-service\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T20:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T00:27:53","slug":"medal-of-honor-recipient-reenlists-in-marine-corps-15-years-after-leaving-the-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medal-of-honor-recipient-reenlists-in-marine-corps-15-years-after-leaving-the-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Medal of Honor Recipient Reenlists in Marine Corps 15 Years After Leaving the Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedal-of-honor-recipient-reenlists-in-marine-corps-15-years-after-leaving-the-service%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer reenlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves on April 15,2025,15 years after leaving active duty. During the reenlistment ceremony at the Pentagon, he expressed a lifelong desire to serve, stating he was motivated by a commitment to duty rather than rank or recognition. Meyer encouraged others to enlist in the Marine Corps, highlighting the current need for individuals willing to defend American values. He is returning as a sergeant, the same rank he held when he initially left service. Meyer earned the Medal of Honor for his bravery during a 2009 firefight in Afghanistan, where he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">helped rescue trapped soldiers<\/a>.Defense Secretary pete Hegseth praised Meyer\u2019s decision to serve again, emphasizing that it sets an example of continued contribution regardless of experience.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>With his right hand raised, 36-year-old Meyer swore the Oath of Enlistment before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon&rsquo;s Hall of Heroes, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/4159324\/returning-to-the-ranks-sgt-dakota-meyer-reenlists-into-the-us-marine-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Marine Corps website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There hasn&rsquo;t been a single day since I got out 15 years ago that I didn&rsquo;t wake up and truly want to serve again,&rdquo; Meyer said at the ceremony. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to do it because of the rank. I didn&rsquo;t want to do it for recognition. I just did it because the mission never left me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_suUPjkW4og?si=Dz-35wNMuPV2yV92&amp;start=926\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>During a Friday segment of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6371650212112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/a>&rdquo; on Fox News, Meyer encouraged those thinking about enlisting into the Marine Corps to do so.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s never been a better time to serve our country than right now,&rdquo; Meyer said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s never been a need, like we need right now, of good men and women who are willing to stand up and who are willing defend the beliefs of the American people, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-dont-just-stop-wasteful-spending-kill-unconstitutional-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a>, and to protect all of those things against whatever enemy that is willing to try to step up and to try to threaten that,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-hurricane-ida-showed-the-value-of-americas-energy-boom\/\" title=\"How Hurricane Ida Showed The Value Of America\u2019s Energy Boom\">sixteen years ago<\/a>, Medal Of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer almost lost his life while fighting in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Dakota has decided to answer the call of duty once again and has reenlisted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMC?\">@USMC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CcCPeXcxne\">pic.twitter.com\/CcCPeXcxne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef\/status\/1913271316422987893?\">April 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Sgt. Meyer was awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-baits-haters-suggesting-give-medal-honor-fall-hilarious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medal of Honor<\/a>, the highest military decoration in the United States, according to a 2024 news release from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Feature-Stories\/Story\/Article\/3894801\/medal-of-honor-monday-marine-corps-sgt-dakota-meyer\/#:~:text=In%202009%2C%20during%20the%20war,Corps%20Advisory%20Command%203%2D7.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer was just 21 years old when he and Staff Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chavez rescued dozens of trapped men during a firefight in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez-Chavez drove the Humvee and Meyer manned the turret as the two traversed the combat zone for hours, rescuing as many as they could, even recovering the bodies of four U.S. servicemen.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were defying orders, but they were doing what they thought was right,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-undoes-ridiculous-obama-biden-rule-stroke-pen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now-former President Barack Obama<\/a> said at Meyer&rsquo;s Medal of Honor ceremony in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez-Chavez received the Navy Cross for his valor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ZxQilWb7Ig?si=LKZMbkLyVPpLnxig\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/army-considering-major-changes-following-hegseth-directive-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hegseth<\/a> praised Meyer for his decision to return to service.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want the American people, I want your fellow Marines, I want other service members to look at the example and say &hellip; you are never too experienced, you&rsquo;ve never done too much that you can&rsquo;t continue to contribute,&rdquo; Hegseth said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s not just signing up to sign up and be on a recruiting poster. He&rsquo;s signing up to do the real thing, which again, is yet another testament to who he is and what he represents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meyer, serving as an infantryman, will return with the same rank of sergeant, which he held when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-army-sends-letter-to-soldiers-fired-under-bidens-covid-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"U.S. Army notifies dismissed soldiers due to Biden&#039;s vaccine mandate.\">left active duty<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/19\/us-news\/why-this-medal-of-honor-recipient-is-reenlisting-after-not-serving-for-15-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Dakota Meyer rejoined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves on Thursday, 15 years after his active duty service. 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