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  • Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
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  • The Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service is the highest award that is presented by the Secretary of Defense, to a private citizen, politician, non-career Federal employee, or foreign national. It is presented for exceptionally distinguished service of significance to the Department of Defense as a whole, or a DoD Component or function, where recognition at the component level would not be sufficient for the service rendered.
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Name
  • Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
Type
  • Civilian public service award
Caption
  • Ribbon bar of the medal
  • Obverse and reverse of the medal
eligibility
  • Non-career Federal employees, private citizens, and foreign nationals.
awarded by
  • 25
Established
  • 1947
Image
  • 100
Lower
for
  • Exceptionally distinguished service of significance to a DoD Component or function, or Department of Defense as a whole.
abstract
  • The Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service is the highest award that is presented by the Secretary of Defense, to a private citizen, politician, non-career Federal employee, or foreign national. It is presented for exceptionally distinguished service of significance to the Department of Defense as a whole, or a DoD Component or function, where recognition at the component level would not be sufficient for the service rendered.
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