 Dakota Meyer for the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, for bravery in Afghanistan in September 2009.Meyer's case was approved in July 2011, making him the first living Marine to receive the medal since the Vietnam War.In 2005, "Marine Corps Times" received an Associated Press Managing Editors association Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Public Service in the under-40,000 circulation category for its investigative story on the recall of body armor.