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The Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) is a military award presented to members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves with outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States. Introduced in 1969, the MSM was long awarded as a decoration for peacetime achievement.
The Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) is an award bestowed upon members of the United States military by the United States Department of Defense. In the order of precedence of the United States Armed Forces, it is worn between the Purple Heart and the Meritorious Service Medal. The medal is awarded in the name of the Secretary of Defense ...
Distinguished Service Medal (Army) Navy Distinguished Service Medal. Distinguished Service Medal (Air and Space Forces) Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal. Awarded for "gallantry in action". Silver Star Medal. Awarded for "superior or exceptionally meritorious service". Defense Superior Service Medal.
Coast Guard: Commandant's Letter of Commendation Ribbon. The Achievement Medal is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. The Achievement Medal was first proposed as a means to recognize outstanding achievement or meritorious service [5] of military personnel who were not eligible to receive the higher Commendation Medal or the ...
Medal for Merit (no longer awarded) Medal of Freedom (no longer awarded) President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. National Medal of Arts. National Humanities Medal. National Medal of Science. National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching [1]
Joint Service Achievement Medal. The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military decoration presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service. Each branch of the United States Armed Forces issues its own version of the Commendation Medal, with a fifth version existing for acts of joint military service performed under ...
A Meritorious Service Medal is an award presented to denote acts of meritorious service, and sometimes gallantry, that are worthy of recognition. Notable medals with similar names include: Coast and Geodetic Survey Meritorious Service Medal, an award of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal, an ...
Dwyer won several awards during his military career, including the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal with Combat device, four Army Commendation Medals, the ...