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U.S. Military Awards for Valor is a website published by the United States Department of Defense established in 2012 to track recipients of awards and decorations of the United States military. It currently contains the complete list of Medal of Honor recipients for actions since the September 11, 2001 attacks .
The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. [1] Recipients must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own lives above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States. [ 2 ]
During the First and Second World Wars, the Croix de Guerre medals of France and Belgium, as well as the French Military Medal and Luxembourg War Cross, were further issued as unit citation cords, known as Fourragère. Service members could receive both the individual award and the unit cord; in the case of the later, the unit citation could ...
Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military; Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military; Non-U.S. recipients of U.S. gallantry awards; Obsolete military awards of the United States
Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom; Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism; Secretary of Defense Medal for Valor; Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award; Secretary of the Air Force Distinguished Public Service Award; Secretary of the Army Award for Valor; Superior Public Service Medal
Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United States) (37 P) Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (493 P) Recipients of the Air Medal (1 C, 1,639 P)
Orders, decorations, and medals of the United States may refer to: Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces; United States law enforcement decorations; Awards and decorations of the United States government, civilian awards given by the U.S. federal government
The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.