Michael Prysner
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Michael D. Prysner is an American socialist activist. He is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and Syria as a specialist. His duties in Iraq included ground surveillance, home raids, and interroga
Prysner in 2013
Specialist (rank)
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Specialist is a military rank in some countries' armed forces. Two branches of the United States Armed Forces use the rank. It is one of the four junior enlisted ranks in the United States Army, above
Michael Prysner
…York. Prysner's company participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and he served there for 12 months. While in the Army Prysner attained the rank of Specialist. Prysner is the executive director of the Center on Conscience and War (CCW; as of 2026) and the co-founder of March Forward!, an organization of…
Specialist 5 Dwight H. Johnson receiving the Medal of Honor from President Johnson
President Johnson presenting a then-Specialist 6 Lawrence Joel with Medal of Honor and Certificate
Photo of a U.S. Army Specialist 7
The Medal of Honor was awarded to SP4 Michael J. Fitzmaurice by President Richard Nixon at the White House, 15 October 1973.