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Douglas Fraser Stitt is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the deputy chief of staff for personnel of the United States Army. He previously served as the director of military personnel management.
Arrowhead device - For qualified Army and Air Force service members. Service stars - effective 9 February 2015, to recognize individual participation in each of the approved operations that a service member participates in, a 3 ⁄ 16 inch bronze service star is worn on the suspension and service ribbon of the medal, with a 3 ⁄ 16 inch silver ...
Worldwide Geographic Location Codes (GLCs) list the number and letter codes federal agencies should use in designating geographic locations anywhere in the United States or abroad in computer programs.
According to Military.com, the Master Gunner Identification Badge is the first badge recognizing a soldier's achievement of earning the prestigious position of master gunner, which the U.S. Army created nearly 400 years ago. [6] According to a U.S. Army article, the master gunner is the technical and tactical experts for their weapon's platform.
The Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal is a United States Department of Defense service award and campaign medal.The medal was established by Executive Order on 30 March 2016 by U.S. President Barack Obama. [8]
The De Fleury Medal, an award of the US Army Engineer Association, was named in honor of François-Louis Teissèdre de Fleury, a French Engineer in the Continental Army.. In the late 1980s, as the Corps of Engineers implemented the U.S. Army Regimental System, the senior Engineer leadership sought a method for the Corps to honor those individuals who have provided significant contributions to ...
Julia V. Taft, the director of the Interagency Task Force (IATF) for Indochinese resettlement proposed the establishment of a Humanitarian Service Medal for U.S. military personnel and submitted the request to President Gerald R. Ford on November 10, 1975.
The medal was established as the Meritorious Civilian Service Award by directive of the Secretary of the Army on 26 January 1959. In November 2014, the Secretary of the Army approved a modification to the Department of the Army Civilian Service Medals in order to make their nomenclature more consistent with their military equivalents.