Two United States Navy sailors have officially been recommended by outgoing Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to be upgraded from their Navy Crosses to the highest honor the American military bestows: the Medal of Honor.

Mabus broke the news during an interview with USA TODAY, wherein he explained that the recommendations came as a result of a review of all the awards given since September 11, 2001.

“I put in two upgrade requests to the Medal of Honor,” he said to a reporter on Monday. “Both cases I think are richly deserved.”

While the sailors haven’t been named yet, there’s a ton of speculation that the two are in fact SEALs, based in either Coronado in California or Virginia or Hawaii.

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The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest award for bravery in combat. It is awarded for “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.”

Nominations are closely investigated for flaws or holes in the battle narrative.

Some observers of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have argued that the Pentagon became too stingy in awarding the top combat medal.

Since January, the Pentagon has been reviewing 100 service crosses and 1,000 Silver Stars awarded during the post-9/11 period — looking for possible upgrades.

In order for the secretary’s wishes to become reality — that is, in order for the sailors to be awarded the MOH — the president as well as the defense secretary need to sign off.

The last military member to be awarded the MOH was Charles S. Kettles, a U.S. Army major and helicopter pilot who in Vietnam saved the lives of ground troops by — somehow — flying his aircraft , landing it, and carrying the men to safety while taking on enemy fire the entire time.

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