Service and Campaign Awards - NHHC
As indicated in DODM 1348.33-V2 of November 23, 2010, campaign medals are used to recognize active participation in a war or significant military combat operation of long duration and significant scope. Award is limited to those who have physically participated in the campaign from within the actual area of operations. Historically, all of the following factors are present before …
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS 2000 NAVY PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000 . IN REPLY REFER TO Ser 09B33/4U516218 22 February 1994 From: Chief of Naval Operations To: Distribution List Subj: UNIT AWARDS, C~AIGN AND SERVICE MEDALS Ref: (a) SECNAVINST 1650.lE Encl: (1) List of awards and abbreviations
Medal of Honor - NHHC
The Navy and Marine Corps' Medal of Honor is our country's oldest continuously awarded decoration, even though its appearance and award criteria has changed since it was created for enlisted men by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles on 16 December 1861. Legislation in 1915 made naval officers eligible for the award. Although originally awarded for both combat and …
Medals - NHHC
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Navy Expeditionary Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
1998年6月1日 · (5) Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in the defense of Wake Island, 7 to 22 December 1941, will wear a bar inscribed "Wake Island" on the suspension ribbon and a silver "W" on the service ribbon bar of the appropriate Expeditionary Medal. (Navy Department General Order No. 84 of 15 August 1936.) Source: 1948, 1953 U.S. Navy Awards Manual
Decorations and Awards - NHHC
2015年5月15日 · Background American Sailors and Marines were without official medals or other visible signs of their overseas service or combat for the first 120 years of the Navy's existence, since orders, medals and decorations were seen as the trappings of royalty and empire and ran contrary to the republican spirit present at the founding of our country. On rare occasions, …
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals - NHHC
Two service medals have been authorized for Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in Cuban waters during the period of tension that culminated in the Cuban quarantine of 1962. The Navy Expeditionary Medal was authorized for service performed between 3 January 1961 and 23 October 1962. The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal was authorized for service in the …
Korean Service Medal - NHHC
1998年8月20日 · President Harry S Truman created the Korean Service Medal with Executive Order No. 10179, of 8 November 1950 to commemorate the service of members of the Armed Forces of the United States during operations in the Korean area. a. Eligibility for the medal (at left in photo) is based on the following: (1) Duty must be performed in Korea, including the waters …
Vietnam Service Medal - NHHC
The armed forces' Vietnam Service Medal (at left in photo) was established by Executive Order 11231 from President Johnson's desk on 8 July 1965. The distinctive design was the creation of sculptor Thomas Hudson Jones, a former employee of the Army's Institute of Heraldry. The service medal was awarded to all members of the armed forces who service in Vietnam and …
The Navy Medal of Honor - NHHC
In 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the designation of March 25 as National Medal of Honor Day. As Congress put it in later legislation, “public awareness of the medal had declined in recent years,” and Medal of Honor Day was supposed to restore the decoration to its rightful place in American culture and society. In fact, public awareness of the medal and its …