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The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal

The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal. illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. This image is 4x6 inches @ 200 ppi. The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal was created on July 6, 1960 by an act of the United States Congress. It was intended as a new decoration of the United States Air Force to replace the policy of awarding the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Air Force personnel. The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to any member of the United States Air Force who has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the United States Government in a duty of great responsibility. The medal is typically awarded to senior Air Force generals.

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The Air Force Cross

The Air Force Cross. Illustration by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. Image is 4x6 inches @ 200 ppi. The Air Force Cross is awarded for extraordinary heroism, which does not justify award of the Medal of Honor. The Air Force Cross was established by Congress on July 6, 1960 as a replacement for the Distinguished Service Cross when the award was made by Air Force Authority. The First Air Force Cross was awarded posthumously in 1962

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Airman Medal

Airman's Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. This image is 4x8 inches @ 200 ppi. The Soldier's Medal was approved by Congress on July 2, 1926, and was amended by Congress on July 6, 1960, amending Title 10 of the United States Code to provide the Air Force with authority to present a distinctive version of the Soldiers Medal to be known as the "Airman's Medal."

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The Defense Distinguished Service Medal

The Defense Distinguished Service Medal. Illustration by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. This image is 4x6 inches @200 ppi. The Defense Distinguished Service Medal has been in effect since July 9, 1970. It is normally awarded to the most senior officers whose performance of duties over a sustained period of time are exceptional in nature and directly impact national security or defense at the highest levels. It is the highest peacetime Defense award and is only awarded by the Secretary of Defense.

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Aerial Achievement Medal

Aerial Achievement Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. This image is 4x8 inches @ 200 ppi. The Aerial Achievement Medal was established on Feb. 3, 1988, and is awarded by the Department of the Air Force to U.S. military and civilian personnel for sustained meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. The achievements must be accomplished with distinction above and beyond that normally expected of professional airmen.

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Bronze Star

Bronze Star. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. This image is 4x8 inches @ 200 ppi. Bronze Star Medal was authorized by Executive Order 9419 dated Feb. 4, 1944, retroactive to Dec. 7, 1941. and later amended on Aug. 24, 1962, to expand the authorization to include those serving with friendly forces. It is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity in or with the military of the United States after Dec. 6, 1941, distinguished himself or herself by heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving participation in aerial flight, 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 while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.

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MeritoriousService Medal

Meritorious Service Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. This image is 4x8 inches @ 200 ppi. The Meritorious Service Medal was established on Jan. 16, 1969 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who distinguished themselves by outstanding non-combat meritorious achievement or service to the United States subsequent to Jan. 16, 1969. The Meritorious Service Medal was amended on July 2, 1981, to authorize award to members of the armed forces of friendly foreign nations.

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Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Defense Meritorious Service Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. This image is 4x8 inches @ 200 ppi. The Defense Meritorious Service Medal was established on Nov. 3, 1977, and 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 and is usually awarded to those serving in leadership positions and performing exceptionally outstanding work.

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Joint Service Commendation Medal

Joint Service Commendation Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. This image is 4x8 inches @ 200 ppi. The Joint Service Commendation Medal was established on June 25, 1963 and is awarded only to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who, after January 1, 1963, distinguished themselves by meritorious achievement or service while assigned to a Joint Service organization.

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Air Medal

Air Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Air Force News Agency. This image is 4x8 inches @ 200 ppi. The Air Medal was authorized on May 11, 1942, and established the award for "any person who, while serving in any capacity in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard of the United States subsequent to Sept. 8, 1939, distinguishes, or has distinguished, himself by meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight." The Air Medal was amended on Sept. 11, 1942 to read "in any capacity in or with the Army".

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National Defense Service Medal

National Defense Service Medal. Illustrated by Johnathan Vargas-Vasquezof the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. Commissioned in 1953, this medal is awarded to all military members who honorably serve duing times of national emergency.

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Army of Occupation Medal

Army of Occupation Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. This medal was established in 1946 and the order has been amended several times to cover areas not originally authorized. It is awarded for 30 consecutive days at a normal post of duty on assignment to the armies of occupation. Refer to DOD 1348.33-M for areas which qualify for this award. The medal was designed by the Army Heraldic Section. The obverse shows the Remagen bridge abutments, symbolic of Europe. At the top is the inscription "Army of Occupation" in two lines. The reverse shows Mount Fujiyama, with a cloud near the top, in the background, symbolic of Asia. In front of the mountain are two Japanese junks. Below these is a symbolic wave, and the date "1945" appears at the bottom. The ribbon has a broad stripe of black to the left and a broad stripe of red to the right with narrow stripes of white at each end, signifying the enemies of the Second World War, Germany and Japan.

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American Campaign Medal

American Campaign Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. This medal is awarded for service within the American theater between Dec. 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946, under any of the following conditions: 1. Permanent assignment outside the continental United States (CONUS). 2. Permanent assignment as aircrew members of airplanes making frequent flights over ocean waters for a period of 30 consecutive days or 60 nonconsecutive days. 3. Outside the CONUS in a passenger status or on temporary duty (TDY) for 30 consecutive days or 60 nonconsecutive days. 4. In active combat against the enemy, if personnel were awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the unit's commander stating they actually participated in combat. 5. Served within the CONUS for an aggregate one-year period. Personnel who were assigned or attached to and present for duty with a unit that was accorded battle credit for the Antisubmarine Campaign are entitled to wear a bronze service star.

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Combat Readiness Medal

Combat Readiness Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. This image is 4.5x8 inches @ 200 ppi. Created in 1964, this medal was originally awarded for superior and meritorious duty to the United States Air Force. The criterion for the medal was changed in 1967 and is now awarded to any member of U.S. Air Force, or Air Force Reserve, who have accomplished sustained individual combat mission readiness or who have undertaken the preparedness for direct weapon-system employment. A service member must have completed 24 cumulative months of sustained duty performance for the medal to be received.

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Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal

Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. This award was originally established as a ribbon bar by the secretary of the Air Force on April 1, 1964 and was amended on May 1, 1973, when the medal was created. It is awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity during a four-year period while serving in an enlisted status in the Air Force Reserve.

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Air Force Good Conduct Medal

Air Force Good Conduct Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. This image is 4.5x8 inches @ 200 ppi. Created in 1963, this medal is awarded to any enlisted member of the United States Air Force who completes three consecutive years of "honorable and faithful service". This implies that such service was completed without any non-judicial punishments, disciplinary infractions, or court martial offenses. The three-year mark "resets" if the service member commits an offense and the service member must perform an additional three years of service without having to be disciplined, before the Good Conduct may be authorized.

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Prisoner of War Medal

Prisoner of War Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. This image is 4.5x8 inches @ 200 ppi. The Prisoner of War Medal was authorized Nov. 8, 1985, and is awarded to anyone who was a prisoner of war after April 5, 1917, which is the date the United States entered World War One. The Prisoner of War Medal is awarded to those who were held captive or taken prisoner during any military conflicts or operations against enemies of the United States or while serving with allied forces.

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American Defense Service Medal

American Defense Service Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. This medal is awarded for any active duty service period completed between Sept. 8, 1939 and Dec. 7, 1941, if the active duty order specified service for a 12-month period or longer. A Foreign Service Clasp is attached to the ribbon and medal if the same requirements are met and the service was performed outside the continental United States (CONUS).

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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. This medal is awarded for service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between Dec. 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946, under any of the following conditions: 1. Permanent assignment. 2. Passenger status or on TDY for 30 consecutive days or 60 nonconsecutive days. 3. In active combat against the enemy, if personnel were awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the unit's commander stating they participated in combat. Personnel who were assigned or attached members of units during the period for which campaign participation credit or assault landing credit was accorded to the unit are awarded the bronze service star and arrowhead, respectively, to denote their participation in the action.

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Joint Service Achievement Medal

Joint Service Achievement Medal. Illustrated by Virginia Reyes of the Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. This image is 4x8 inches @ 200 ppi. The Joint Service Achievement Medal was authorized Aug. 3, 1983, and is awarded only to members of the Armed Forces of the United States below the grade of colonel who, after August 3, 1983, distinguished themselves by outstanding performance of duty and meritorious achievement.

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