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This award was later superseded to its current form with the enactment of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 (Pub. L. 107–12 (text), 115 Stat. 20, H.R. 802, May 30, 2001). It is still awarded and presented by the President of the United States but now it is done in the name of the United States Congress as recommended by the ...
The Valor Award is for an outstanding degree of dedication and devotion above and beyond professional duty that involved an imminent and undisputable risk of loss of life to the employee. This award is given for an act or series of acts committed with outstanding courage in a situation that, because of its extraordinary circumstance, placed the ...
Individual acts of extraordinary bravery intelligently performed in the line of duty at imminent and personal danger to life. Specifically, the Department Medal of Honor is awarded for acts of gallantry and valor performed with knowledge of the risk involved, above and beyond the call of duty. A second award is denoted by a gold leaf.
The MOVSM is a bronze medal, 1 1/8 inches in diameter. The obverse bears five interlaced annulets behind a five-pointed star, surrounded by a laurel wreath. On the reverse is an oak sprig with three leaves and two acorns between the inscription OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE above and UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES below.
The President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a medal of honor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a person who while a member of the [Army] [naval service] [Air Force] [Coast Guard], distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty ...
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The National Commander's Unit Citation Award was approved by Civil Air Patrol's National Board at its March 2006 meeting.." [6] It is awarded to "units providing services or achievements above and beyond those normally recognized by a Unit Citation Award." [4] Awards are made at the sole discretion of the National Commander of Civil Air Patrol ...
Gallantry and intrepidity in actual conflict at the risk of one's life above and beyond the call of duty: Description: Modified cross pattée: Presented by: the President of the United States in the name of Congress: Eligibility: US Navy and Marine Corps personnel, 1917–1942: Motto: VALOUR: Status: Obsolete 7 August 1942: Established