Dakota Meyer, who in 2011 became the first living Marine since the Vietnam War to be awarded the Medal of Honor, is reenlisting in the Marine Reserve.
“I realized I had more to give,” said Meyer, now 36, during a roundtable with reporters Thursday. “I love this country with every moral fiber of my being. I always have. The same reason that I joined 20 years ago is the same reason I’m coming back in. I’ve just got more to give and it’s just such an honor to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the men and women wearing the nation’s cloth today.”
Meyer spoke with reporters before a ceremony scheduled for later on Thursday, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was scheduled to reenlist him at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes.
