Defense Distinguished Service Medal

The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is a United
States military award which is presented for exceptionally
distinguished performance of duty contributing to the na-
tional security or defense of the United States. The medal
was created on July 9, 1970 by President Richard Nixon
in Executive Order 11545.[1]
1 Criteria
and within the pentagon the inscription "From The Secre-
tary of Defense To," all in raised letters.
Additional awards of the Defense Distinguished Service
Medal are denoted by oak leaf clusters.
3 Notable recipients
David Howell Petraeus (four awards)

It is the United Statess highest non-combat related mil- Jeremy Michael Boorda (two awards)[3]
itary award and it is the highest joint service deco-
ration. The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is Ronald Burgess
awarded only while assigned to a joint activity. Nor- Robert H. Conn
mally, such responsibilities deserving of the Defense Dis-
tinguished Service Medal are held by the most senior of- Grace Hopper[4]
cers such as the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Sta, the Chiefs and Vice Chiefs of the Daniel James, Jr.[5]
Services, and Commanders and Deputy Commanders of John F. Kelly
the Combatant Commands, the Director of the Joint Sta
etc., whose duties bring them frequently into direct con- Charles R. Larson[6]
tact with the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary
of Defense, and other senior government ocials. In ad- James Mattis
dition, the medal may also be awarded to other service
William McRaven
members whose direct and individual contributions to na-
tional security or national defense are recognized as being Carl Epting Mundy, Jr.[7]
so exceptional in scope and value as to be equivalent to
contributions normally associated with positions encom- Colin Powell
passing broader responsibilities.[2]
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
This decoration takes precedence over the Distinguished
Service Medals of the separate services and is not to Carlisle Trost[8]
be awarded to any individual for a period of service for
Earle Wheeler[9]
which an Army, Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard Distin-
guished Service Medal is awarded. Anthony Zinni[10]

2 Appearance
The medal is gold in color and on the obverse it features
a medium blue enameled pentagon (point up). Super-
imposed on this is an American bald eagle with wings
outspread facing left grasping three crossed arrows in its
talons and on its breast is a shield of the United States.
The pentagon and eagle are enclosed within a gold pieced
circle consisting, in the upper half of 13 ve-pointed stars
and in the lower half, a wreath of laurel on the left and
olive on the right. At the top is a suspender of ve gradu-
ated gold rays. The reverse of the medal has the inscrip-
tion "For Distinguished Service" at the top in raised letters,
4 References
[1] Air Force Personnel Center Defense Distinguished Ser-
vice Medal
[2] Institute of Heraldry Defense Distinguished Service
Medal
[3] MilitaryTimes
[4] UPI (15 August 1986). Computer Whiz Retires from
Navy. Detroit Free Press. p. 4A.
[5] Daniel James , Jr., Awards and Citations. Hall of Valor.
Military Times. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

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