Marines TV

Lance Cpl. Nicholas R. Smarr, a Reserve Marine, was killed in the line of duty when responding to a domestic disturbance call in Americus, Ga. on Dec. 7, 2016, while serving as a police officer for the Americus Police Department. Janice Smarr, the mother of Lance Cpl. Nicholas Smarr, accepts the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on behalf of her son at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Ga., Dec. 7, 2018. The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is the highest non-combat decoration awarded for heroism by the Department of Defense. (Directed and edited by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez; Videography by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez and Cpl. Niles Lee)

Family, veterans, U.S. Marines and Sailors with 1st Marine Division Headquarters Battalion, take part in the Silver Star Ceremony presented to the family of Lt. Philip H. Sauer at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 25, 2018, Calif. A silver star was awarded posthumously to Sauer for his actions while serving with 1st Battalion, 9th Marines in the Republic of Vietnam on 24 April 1967. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Christopher Thompson)

Marines and soldiers on Camp Manion at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, remember 1st Lt. Travis L. Manion’s legacy. Manion was killed April 29, 2007, while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. For his heroic actions, Manion posthumously received the Bronze Star with Valor and the Silver Star. He was serving his second tour in Iraq and assigned to 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Shellie Hall)

The family of Sgt. Wade D. Wilson, a squad leader who served with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, receives the Silver Star posthumously during a ceremony here March14, 2013. Interview 1: Capt. John D. Black, the 1st Marine Division commanding general's aide de camp and Wilson’s former platoon commander speaks about the 22-year-old-native of Centerville, Texas, who gave his life protecting his Marines during counterinsurgency operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Black is a native of Spokane, Wash. Available in high definition.