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	The Chief's Awards and Decorations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This award is conferred on units of the armed forces of the United States and of cobelligerent nations, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after Dec. 7, 1941.
		This medal is awarded for honorable active military service as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States including the Coast Guard, between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954, (Korean War Period) and between Jan. 1, 1961 and Aug. 14, 1974, (Vietnam War Period).
		This medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who have served for a six-month period in Vietnam, its surrounding waters or in air support against an armed enemy in Vietnam between March 1, 1961 and March 28, 1973.
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	U.S. Army Individual Decorations
		The Soldier's Medal is awarded to any person of the Armed Forces of the United States or of a friendly foreign nation who, while serving in any capacity with the Army of the United States, distinguished himself or herself by heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.
		The Meritorious Service Medal is awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or to any member of the Armed Forces of a friendly foreign nation who, while serving in a noncombat area after 16 January 1969, has distinguished himself or herself by outstanding meritorious achievement or service.
		Awards for meritorious service may be made for sustained distinction in the performance of duties involving regular and frequent participation in aerial flight for a period of at least 6 months.
	www.americal.org /awards/achv-svc.htm (1909 words)

	Balltorp-Hills-Clan - Medal Of Honor
		Medal today, is the modern form of the original Purple Heart established by General George Washington in 1782, and is conferred on any person wounded in action while serving with the armed forces of the United States.
		The striking medal's distinctive outer border of this medal is composed of 11 "cloudlike" shapes, centered on the obverse a medallion portraying thunderbolts and wings, signifying striking power through aerospace, adapted from the Seal of the Air Force.
		Service members who earned the medal during the first qualifying period and who again became entitled to the medal wear a bronze star on the ribbon to denote the second award of the medal.
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		Service members who may retire from active duty from a joint assignment shall not be used to request or justify a higher level award than the actual service, achievement, or tenure in the joint assignment supports.
		Service members qualified for the AFEM by reasons of service between July 1, 1958 and July 3, 1965, in an area for which the Vietnam Service Medal was authorized subsequently shall remain qualified for that medal.
		Service recognized by award of the MOVSM shall be of a voluntary nature, not detailed or tasked, nor performed as part of a military mission (for example, a unit project).
	www.dtic.mil /whs/directives/corres/text/p134833m.txt (16969 words)

	Meritorious Service Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Meritorious Service Medal may be awarded to members of the Armed Forces who distinguish themselves by outstanding noncombat achievement or by meritorious service to the United States, but not of a degree that would warrant the award of the Legion of Merit.
		A bronze medal one and a half inches in diameter overall consisting of six rays issuant from the upper three points of a five-pointed star with beveled edges and containing two smaller stars defined by incised outlines.
		The star is used to represent the military service and the rays emanating therefrom denote the constant efforts of individuals to achieve through excellent and meritorious service.
	foxfall.com /fmd-common-msm.htm (295 words)

	Meritorious Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Meritorious Service Medal [shown below] may be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who distinguishes themselves by either outstanding achievement or meritorious service to the United States.
		This award was established as the counterpart of the Bronze Star Medal for the recognition of meritorious noncombat service.
		The medal was designed by Jay Morris and sculptered by Lewis J. King, Jr., both of the Army's Institute of Heraldry.
	love1394.home.mchsi.com /meritorious.html (123 words)

	Awards and decorations of the United States military - Surch
		The highest award of the United States Military is the Medal of Honor.
		The power to grant the Medal of Honor rests with the President of the United States upon approval from the United States Congress.
		The following service medals were issued to military service members for participation in the First World War, Second World War, and the occupation duty that followed both conflicts.
	www.surch.co.uk /-/Awards-and-decorations-of-the-United-States-military.html (696 words)

	Meritorious Service Medal Display Recognition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Meritorious Service Medal and appurtenances thereto shall be of appropriate design approved by the Secretary of Defense, and shall be awarded under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe.
		No more than one Meritorious Service Medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for each succeeding outstanding meritorious achievement or service justifying such an award a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with the medal as prescribed by appropriate regulations.
		The Meritorious Service Medal or device may be awarded posthumously and, when so awarded, may be presented to such representative of the deceased as may be deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the department concerned.
	www.amervets.com /replacement/mer.htm (1277 words)

	Cicero Collectibles United States Military Medals Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A medal is circular in shape and is awarded to individuals who served in specific campaigns or expeditions and for occupation duty and emergency service.
		A bronze star, when worn on a Presidentia Unit Citation ribbon, indicates that the wearer participated in the action for which the unit was honored with the citation; when worn on a campaign ribbon, it denotes participation in a specific battle.
		Each medal and decoration is intended to be a distinctive symbol of the nation’s gratitude for serve by its military personnel and civilians.
	www.dgtraining.net /cicero/USMedals/MedalsHistory.html (509 words)

	Meritorious Service Decoration presented to Lieutenant-General Anderson III
		The Meritorious Service Medal was presented during a ceremony this afternoon at the Fort Carson army base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
		Lieutenant-General Anderson III was named the vice-director of the United States Element, NORAD in 2002, where he contributed directly to the success of Operation NOBLE EAGLE, the aim of which is to protect the aerospace of North America following September 11, 2001.
		Meritorious Service Decorations are separated into military and civil divisions, with two levels in each category: a medal and a cross.
	www.gg.ca /media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4200 (464 words)

	MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Normally, the acts or services rendered must be comparable to that required for the Legion of Merit but in a duty of lesser though considerable responsibility.
		At Tri-Department Awards Conference, 5-6 February 1968, there was a discussion on the need for a third meritorious award to provide appropriate recognition for noncombat achievement or service comparable to the Bronze Star Medal for combat achievement or service.
		The star is used to represent the military service and the rays emanating there from denote the constant efforts of individuals to achieve through excellent and meritorious service.
	home1.gte.net /ric.hoffman/meritorious_service_medal.htm (389 words)

	George A. Custer
		For gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Five Forks and Dinwiddie Court-House, Gen Custer was brevetted brigadier-general, U. army, to date from 13 March, 1865.
		He was brevetted major-general for his services in the last campaign, and appointed major-general of volunteers, to date from 15 April, 1865." He participated in all but one of the battles of the Army of the Potomac.
		United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the...
	www.georgearmstrongcuster.com (2684 words)

	Bren School : People : dean council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the Reason Foundation she oversaw the Foundation's series of policy studies on state environmental innovations that embody a "new environmentalism" that emphasizes use of incentives and performance standards.
		In 2001, she was honored by the Tres Condados Girl Scout Council as a Woman of Distinction, and honored by the League for Coastal Protection for her long-standing and unwavering commitment to coastal protection.
		He is now a senior management consultant at Entrix, a national firm that provides environmental consulting services in habitat restoration; species conservation and recovery; environmental impact management and planning; risk assessment and management of oil spills, water quality, forensic chemistry, among others; and analysis, permitting, and compliance in the energy sector.
	www.webdev.bren.ucsb.edu /people/catnew.asp?cat=dean%20council (2139 words)

	Defense Meritorious Service Medal
		Description: The medal is one and one-half inches in diameter overall, consisting of a circular wreath of laurel tied with a ribbon at the base; in the center is a pentagon shape, superimposed over the pentagon is an American eagle with wings upraised and overlapping the wreath, standing on the bottom edge of the pentagon.
		Criteria: The Defense Meritorious Service Medal is awarded to those members of the United States Armed Forces who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service or achievement while assigned to a joint activity.
		The Defense Meritorious Service Medal was established by Executive Order 12019 on November 3, 1977, when President Carter signed the order establishing it..
	www.gruntsmilitary.com /dmsm.shtml (203 words)

	Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Belz presents annually at an array of conferences and in invited venues, conducts telecollaborative courses between the United States and Germany, advises graduates in a number of units, participates in federally-funded grants, and contributes to the establishment of a corpus of computer-mediated learner German.
		In addition to his service as a member of the editorial board of Colloquia Germanica and as a reader for various journals, he was also a founding officer of the Society for German Renaissance and Baroque Literature.
		Gentry (emeritus) came to Penn State from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991 as head of the Department of German, a position he held until 1997 when he stepped down to be able to devote more time to his research and teaching interests.
	german.la.psu.edu /faculty.html (3489 words)

	RealMedia™ Archive of Past Events: Adelphi University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Honorary degrees were given to Judith S. Kaye, chief judge of the State of New York, Howard Dodson, chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library, and Thomas Dixon Lovely, retired chairman and CEO of Fidelity Bank of New York and former Adelphi University Trustee.
		The Honorable Ambassador Jean-David Levitte is the French Ambassador to the United States in Washington.
		He is the recipient of numerous awards and citations, including the Presidential Service Badge, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and the Navy Commendation and Achievement Medals.
	events.adelphi.edu /rm.php (2571 words)

	Awards and decorations of the US military (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual Awards and decorations of the United States military and is the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service.
		The Bronze Star Medal is typically referred to by its full name (including the word Medal) to differentiate the decoration from service star which are worn on campaign medals.
		The award of the Air Medal have had an adverse reaction on the ground troops, particularly the Infantry Riflemen who are now suffering the heaviest losses, air or ground, in the Army, and enduring the greatest hardships.” The Air Medal had been adopted two years earlier to raise airmens morale.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Awards-and-decorations-of-the-US-military (510 words)

	Fader.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Incontestable proof of the performance of service is exacted and each recommendation for award of this decoration is considered on the standard of extraordinary merit.
		The medal was established by President Truman in 1945 to recognize notable service in the war.
		We are one of the very few groups that allow direct contact with a service member, eliminating the middle man and expenses......e also offer public events, such as placing a banner on which everyone can write well wishes to the troops and then we mail the banner to a deployed unit.
	www.fader.com (5236 words)

	Meritorious Service Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Armed Forces Meritorious Service Medal was established on January 16, 1969.
		It is awarded to any officer or enlisted man of the armed forces of the United States who shall have distinguished himself by meritorious service or achievement.
		The medal is only awarded for peacetime contributions.
	www.nmia.com /~valorc/american/merit/mer.html (47 words)

	.US ARMY Decorations Page. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is the highest honor the United States can bestow on members of its Armed Forces.
		For each Citation received by US Army personnel for gallantry in action, not sufficient to warrant the Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross, a 'Silver Star', 3/16-inch in diameter was authorized for wear on the suspension and service ribbons of appropriate service medals (World War I Victory Medal).
		Colonel or equivalent rank for service in assignments equivalent to those normally held by a General or Flag Officer in U.S. military service; or Military Attachés.
	www2.powercom.net /~rokats/decora.html (1702 words)

	Military Decorations and Medals of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		All medals of the Department of Transportation became therefore Homeland Security Department medals.
		Until 1995 it was always worn on the "standard" UN ribbon (blue with white side stripes); since then it can be worn on the ribbon specified for a mission, any subsequent mission being denoted by small bronze five pointed stars.
		8) State decorations are not allowed to be worn by members of US Armed Forces; members of state forces (National Guard, State Guard, etc.) wear them after all other decorations, US and foreign.
	www.medals.lava.pl /us/us1.htm (384 words)

	Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		James C. Hansen, 2031 S. Webster Ave., was recently promoted to the rank of major and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, according to an announcement of the Fifteenth Air Force (July 24)...
		Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal Establishing Authority The Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal was established by...
		...with the words, " Meritorious Service." Around the edge to the left are the words, " Air Reserve " and to the right, the word " Forces " with delta...
	www.airflyservice.info /Air-Reserve-Forces-Meritorious-Service-Medal.html (530 words)

	BookCloseouts.com Bargain Books - Bookstore - Book Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
		Administered by Book Trust in the United Kingdom, this prestigious award is given to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the U.K., the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan, or South Africa.
		The Newbery award is given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
	www.bookcloseouts.com /?N=0&merch=award (866 words)

	RMH Letter #E-5: Citation for Meritorious Service Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Captain HANSON aggressively pursued perfection to ensure that all nuclear weapons training under his jurisdiction was current and precise and consistently stressed the highest standards of safety.
		Courses in all phases of nuclear weapons handling, safety and tactical employment were regularly reviewed and updated, and new courses were developed and introduced under his guidance, including the Nuclear Warfare Planning course for Attack Carriers which enhanced Single Integrated Operation and General War Planning and the Navy's capability for nuclear vertical replenishment.
		His initiative, foresight, resourcefulness and devotion to duty reflected great credit upon himself and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
	members.cox.net /ralphhanson/Letters/E-5.HTM (270 words)

	Vietnam Security Police Association (USAF): TOC, United States Air Force Ribbons! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		United States Air Force Regulations limit the number of Ribbon Devices that may be worn on one ribbon to a total of four (4).
		VSPA is an association of United States Air Force Air Police and Security Police who served in Vietnam and Thailand during the Vietnam War.
		VSPA was formed for many reasons: to reunite friends, to preserve the memory of our fallen brothers, the history of our service in Vietnam, and to ensure that the hard lessons learned in Vietnam and Thailand would not be forgotten.
	www.vspa.com /usaf-medals-correct-wear.htm (475 words)

	Center for Sports Parenting - Expert Panel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1994, he received the Meritorious Service to the Children of America Award from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
		He is the recipient of the prestigious 1997 Distinguished Service Award from the California State Athletic Directors Association (CSADA) in recognition of his service to interscholastic athletics, a lifelong dedication he brings to his current role as Founder and President of Sports for Life, Inc.
		The award is named in honor of the late Carol Eckman, the former West Chester State coach who spearheaded the modern-day collegiate women's basketball championship and continued to garner support for the women's game until her death from cancer in 1985.
	www.sportsparenting.org /csp/csp_xpanel.cfm (9897 words)

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