military hero
Decorated combat veteran
A military hero is a member of the armed forces celebrated for exceptional courage, sacrifice, or achievement in combat.
The designation often carries official recognition—medals, commendations, public honors—but also exists in popular memory: He returned from the war a military hero.
The term implies not just competence but valor beyond ordinary duty.
- braveryBoldness before danger
- valorCourage in danger
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- chargeCost or accusation
- band of brothersWarriors bound by loyalty
campaign · rank · sacrifice · fallen soldier · Alexander the Great · memorials · resilience · general · courage · Medal of Honor · discipline · warrior · medal · leadership · citations · decorated veteran · World War II · rescue
- War Heroesmedal recipient, Sergeant York, flying ace, combat veteran
- Presidential Electionsballot, ballot box, electoral votes, popular vote, voter turnout
- local heroesfolk heroes, local legend, local legends, sports legend, civic leader
- Jacksonian EraAndrew Jackson, Democratic Party, spoils system, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears
- military honorsMedal of Honor, Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Navy Cross
military herowar criminal
Violator of combat laws
traitor · coward · deserter · quisling · war profiteer
military herocoward
Person lacking bravery
deserter · shirker · draft dodger · malingerer · yellow-belly
military heropeace activist
One opposing warfare publicly
conscientious objector · Nobel laureate · ordinary citizen · noncombatant