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The Philippine National Police Medal of Valor (Filipino: Medalya ng Kagitingan), also called the PNP Medal of Valor is the Philippine National Police's highest honor awarded for "a deed of personal bravery and self-sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty so conspicuous as to distinguish himself clearly above his comrades in the performance of more than ordinary hazardous service."
The awards and decorations of the PNP are patterned after the Orders and Medals of the AFP with regard to its lineage from the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated National Police which were fore-runners of this service branch and previously under the AFP.
The official number of Philippine Medal of Valor recipients is currently given as forty-one (41). [2] However, Mary Grace Baloyo, a Philippine Air Force pilot who died in a crash on 26 March 2001 and is on record as being conferred the medal by former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on 3 April 2001, is not included in the summary of recipients.
The Philippine National Police (PNP; Filipino: Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas [4]) is the national police force of the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame , Quezon City .
The following service medals and ribbons are arranged alphabetically and follow no hierarchy or precedence: [1]. American Defense Service Medal (United States); Anti-Dissidence Campaign Medal & Ribbon
Several Philippine Military Academy classes have achieved notability, either due to highly decorated class members, significant changes in the PMA curriculum, or due to a high proportion of officers elevated to the highest ranks of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the Philippine National Police. [31] [32] These include:
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Philippine Medal of Valor may refer to: ... the highest military decoration of the Philippines; Philippine National Police Medal of Valor, ...