A picture of the medal is available on the U.S. Air Force website. For more on military medals, see the Military.com Medal section.

Full eligibility criteria for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service medals are contained in Department of Defense Manual 1348.33, Volume 2, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards.

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Social media users discussed the discovery on Reddit, with one commenter noting the "amazing condition" the medal was in.

A United States nuclear-powered submarine was presented with the highest military unit award for obtaining "sensitive and unique" intelligence during a European deployment. The USS Washington, a ...

The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to members of the armed forces. The medal was first authorized in 1861 for Sailors and Marines, and the ...

The US Navy spends a lot of time in the Arctic ice, but it's the way the service's boats bust through the icepack that most impressive. This post is appearing on Autoblog Military, Autoblog's sub ...

Ivan Litvinovich and Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya know they have won Olympic medals - the gold and silver hanging around ... to the Russian or Belarusian military or national security agencies.

Russian Embassy The 75th anniversary medal he was awarded for his service during the Arctic Convoys Among the 120 merchant and military vessels sunk was the HMS Edinburgh, on which Mr Higgins was ...

A Marine who served under him during the war started a push for the Navy Cross to be upgraded to a Medal of Honor. Representative Julia Brownley (D-CA) led the effort in Congress and Canley was ...

They continued their run of dominance, scoring 337.68 points on the way to a gold medal, the first for each diver in their Olympic debuts. Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook of the U.S. took silver with a ...

Deep into the Arctic Circle, US Navy SEALs and allied commandos recently dashed across the frozen ground on snowmobiles to link up with a surfaced submarine that had busted through the ice in a ...