The Military Order of the Purple Heart strongly urges the newly appointed Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to either reconsider the precedence of the Distinguished Warfare Medal ...

Precedence refers to the honor and distinction signified by being awarded each medal. It also, according to military tradition, determines the order in which they are displayed on a service ribbon ...

Today being Veterans Day prompts me to explain a bit about some of the ribbons and decorations you might see on United States military ... and in which order. This is defined in an official document ...

His group had protested the proposed medal's ranking in the order of precedence, a hierarchical structure of military awards topped by the Medal of Honor, the highest medal for valor. Koutz ...

Hamilton urged the Pentagon to "reconsider the new medal's placement in the military order of precedence." Panetta, who said Wednesday that the medal "recognizes the reality of the kind of ...

There was a time in our nation’s military history ... [pullquote] The Defense Warfare Medal will soon become the fourth highest combat decoration in order of precedence pushing the Bronze ...

on Wednesday filed legislation directing the Department of Defense to change the precedence of ... chiefs all backed the medal and where it fit relative to other military awards and decorations.