Then U.S. Army Spc. Ty M. Carter pauses during a patrol outside Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan, where he was deployed with the 61st Cavalry Regiment in 2009. Carter was awarded the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony Aug. 26 for his courageous efforts to save a wounded Soldier who was caught in the open during a 13-hour fire fight against approximately 300 Taliban insurgents.