All five branches—the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard—award medals ... worn around the neck. First issued to Capt. Charles Lindbergh in 1927, the Distinguished Flying Cross ...

Trump placed the medal around Slabinski’s neck at a White House ceremony May ... President Donald Trump walks with U.S. Navy Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt K. Slabinski to a ...

"What Britt Slabinski did on that ridge was certainly worthy of the Navy Cross and probably worthy of the Medal of Honor ... fire with multiple fighters all around his position.

President Donald Trump placed the Medal of Honor around the neck of retired Sgt ... For his actions and leadership, he received the Navy Cross, his service's second-highest award for bravery.

Other Navy awards: Navy Cross, Navy-Marine Corps Medal. Citation ... received severe and dangerous burns about the arms and neck, he descended with a view toward rendering further assistance.

President Donald Trump affixed the light blue-ribboned medal around Canley’s neck during ... an upgrade from the Navy Cross medal the Department of the Navy had awarded him in 1970 for his ...

The Navy will posthumously award a Navy Cross to a Marine killed in Iraq - after years of appeals by his family asking the Pentagon to approve the Marine Corps' nomination for the Medal of Honor.

The Duke of Edinburgh Having seen active service in the Royal Navy during the Second ... The red and blue cross worn on a red and blue ribbon around his neck is the Order of Merit, a dynastic ...

“In many ways I’m uncomfortable being singled out because when you wrap your head around that whole battle, every one of them deserved this medal ... Navy’s SEAL Team 6 and received a Navy ...

Navy Secretary ... the Navy Cross on Sgt. Rafael Peralta for falling on a grenade during the battle for Fallujah in November 2004. The Navy and Marine Corps had recommended the Medal of Honor ...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is recommending the Defense Department upgrade a fallen San Diego Marine's Navy Cross to the Medal of Honor. Mabus told reporters at an ...