3 US soldiers awarded Purple Hearts after March missile attack on Saudi Arabia base

On March 27, a 550-pound ballistic missile struck Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, knocking three soldiers unconscious in a bunker. Staff Sergeant Kalob Mitchell, Specialist Nicholas Cabo, and Sergeant Xavier Jones regained consciousness to find injured comrades around them—one with a severe neck wound, another with a badly damaged leg. Despite their own injuries, the three applied tourniquets, administered emergency care, and evacuated casualties until medics arrived. One soldier they treated later told their commander: "Your Soldiers saved my life." All three received Purple Hearts at a Fort Hood ceremony in October.