Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Phil and Maureen Miller, the parents of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, before the ceremony in which President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to their son in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6, 2010. Miller received the honor for his heroic actions on Jan. 25, 2008, in Afghanistan, where he sacrificed his life to save the lives of his teammates and 15 Afghanistan soldiers.