{"id":48281,"date":"2020-03-02T15:42:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/02\/medal-of-honor-recipient-promoted-to-sergeant-major\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:10:18","slug":"medal-of-honor-recipient-promoted-to-sergeant-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/03\/02\/medal-of-honor-recipient-promoted-to-sergeant-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Medal of Honor recipient promoted to sergeant major"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/02\/09\/pentagon-identifies-two-soldiers-killed-in-combat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Beret<\/a> who received the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/30\/president-trump-awards-medal-of-honor-to-master-sgt-matthew-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\">Medal of Honor<\/a> in October has been promoted to the rank of sergeant major, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/01\/15\/green-beret-who-died-during-freefall-training-was-3rd-group-team-sergeant\/\" target=\"_blank\">3rd Special Forces Group<\/a> said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/364170\/medal-honor-recipient-receives-promotion-sergeant-major\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/10\/medal-of-honor-announced-for-green-beret-who-braved-enemy-fire-to-rescue-teammates\/\" target=_blank>Sgt. Maj. Matthew O. Williams<\/a> was promoted during a ceremony at the Col. Aaron Bank Hall on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, attended by Williams\u2019 friends and family on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday we recognize a great Soldier who is incredibly humble,\u201d said Col. Nathan J. Prussian, 3rd Group commander, in the unit release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams was awarded the Medal of Honor on Oct. 30, 2019, for his actions during an April 6, 2008, mission in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, that later came to be known as the Battle of Shok Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is not a more deserving person in the force to receive a promotion of this magnitude,\u201d Prussian said during the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/30\/7-hour-gunfight-100-foot-cliff-and-now-this-second-medal-of-honor-green-beret-talks-about-battle-of-shok-valley\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/battle2_original.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">7-hour gunfight, 100-foot cliff and now this second Medal of Honor: Green Beret talks about Battle of Shok Valley<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Master Sgt. Matthew Williams is receiving the Medal of Honor for saving the lives of fellow soldiers wounded in this battle.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the 2008 battle, Williams exposed himself to enemy fire multiple times on steep and challenging terrain. His team was pitted against an overwhelming enemy force that held the high-ground and was able to rain rocket propelled grenades, sniper rounds and small arms fire onto the Green Beret team and their Afghan Commando partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams carried wounded teammates down the mountainside, including his team sergeant, to a casualty collection point. He continued to expose himself to enemy fire while consolidating wounded teammates. 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