The V device worn on Army Commendation Medal and other awards, stands for 'valor.' Joining the V are two new devices: the 'C' and 'R' devices, where C denotes 'combat' and the R means 'remote.' ...

Submits award recommendation that is outside the two year limit for submission to Department of the Army Human Resources Command or the Secretary of the Army who forwards request to Human ...

These figures represent Medal of Honor recipients from each conflict and branch of the military. These statistics come from the U.S. Army Center of Military History.

Full eligibility criteria for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service medals are contained in Department of Defense Manual 1348.33, Volume 2, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards.

Every four years, the same few countries rack up medal after medal - the US, China, Russia - and Tokyo 2020 was no different. The US won 113 medals total, including 39 golds, the most of any country.

The Defense Department on March 8 announced that troops deployed to Niger, Mali and northern Cameroon qualify to receive imminent danger pay/hostile fire pay, retroactive to June 7, 2017.

623-624 on July 14, 1862, the Army Medal of Honor was born. It read in part: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ...

Florent Groberg, a former soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2015 for saving members of his patrol in Afghanistan from suicide bombers, posted that he had "tremendous" respect for the ...

A world-first new medal has been ... move by the Sudanese army to temporarily lift a ban on deliveries. Historical Photos Of ...

US President Joe Biden has awarded the nation's highest military medal to a Vietnam War helicopter pilot who disregarded a direct order. Retired Army Capt Larry Taylor, now 81, flew his Cobra ...

Oct 17 (Reuters) - U.S. home builder confidence rose in October for the second consecutive month but volatile mortgage rates and low housing affordability continued to pose headwinds. The NAHB ...