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The Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) [2] is a military decoration of the United States Army that is presented to soldiers who have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility. The performance must be such as to merit recognition for service that is clearly exceptional.
Distinguished Service Award is a term for an organization's award for services and contributions. It may refer to: Distinguished Service Award (OA), Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America; Distinguished Service Award, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is the United States Department of Defense's highest non-combat related military award and it is the highest joint service decoration. The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is awarded only while assigned to a joint activity.
The last single service award was issued in 1960 when Congress authorized the awarding of the Four Chaplains' Medal recognizing the Four Chaplains who died together during World War II. [6] There have been no single service awards issued since by the U.S. military, mainly due to the decline and complications of awarding commemorative service ...
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a military decoration of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps which was first created in 1919 and is presented to Sailors and Marines to recognize distinguished and exceptionally meritorious service to the United States while serving in a duty or position of great responsibility.
Ribbon of the Secretary's Distinguished Service Award. The Secretary's Distinguished Service Award is presented at the discretion of the Secretary of State in recognition of exceptionally outstanding leadership, professional competence, and significant accomplishment over a sustained period of time in the field of foreign affairs.
The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army (or in the Air Force, before 1960), distinguishes themselves by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor; while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign force; or ...
The Distinguished Service Medal is equivalent to the Army's Distinguished Service Medal, Naval Service's Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal. The interpretation of the phrase "great responsibility" means that this medal is generally awarded only to officers who hold at least the rank of major general .