| Navy Distinguished Service Medal | |
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| Awarded by United States Navy | |
| Type | Medal |
| Awarded for | "Distinguishing oneself with exceptional meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility." |
| Status | Currently Awarded |
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| Established | 4 February, 1919 |
| First awarded | Brigadier General Charles A. Doyen, USMC 13 March, 1919 |
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| Next (higher) | Army: Distinguished Service Cross Navy: Navy Cross Air Force: Air Force Cross |
| Equivalent | Distinguished Service Medal: Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard |
| Next (lower) | Silver Star |
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The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a military award of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps which was first created in 1919.[1] The decoration the Navy and Marine Corps equivalent to the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal. The Navy Distinguished Service Medal was originally senior to the Navy Cross, until August 1943 when the precedence of the two decorations was reversed.
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is bestowed upon members of the Navy or Marine Corps who distinguish themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the United States government in a duty of great responsibility.[1] The term “great responsibility” implies senior military responsibility, and the decoration is normally only bestowed to senior Navy Flag and Marine Corps General Officers. The decoration is rarely awarded to enlisted personnel, and then only to those who hold extremely senior enlisted positions such as the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. Additional awards of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal [2] are annotated by gold award stars.
The first award of the decoration was a posthumous presentation to Brigadier General Charles A. Doyen, USMC, on March 13, 1919.
The first Navy enlisted man to be awarded the Distinguished Service Medal was Delbert D. Black. Master Chief Black was the 1st Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON).
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Notable recipients
- David W. Bagley
- Jeremy Michael Boorda (with 2 gold stars)
- Ralph Austin Bard
- Delbert D. Black (1st Master Chief Petty Officer Of The Navy)
- Omar Bradley
- Miles Browning
- Smedley Butler
- Richard E. Byrd
- Michael D-L. Dennis
- Charles W. Dyson
- Thomas Edison
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Daniel V. Gallery
- Roy Alexander Gano
- Chester Gordon
- John L. Hall, Jr.
- William F. Halsey, Jr. (with 3 gold stars)
- H. Kent Hewitt
- Frank B. Kelso II (with 2 gold stars)
- Ernest J. King (with 2 gold stars)
- Alan G. Kirk
- John A. Lejeune
- Douglas MacArthur
- Mildred H. McAfee
- Joseph V. Medina
- Michael Mullen (with 1 gold star)
- John Murtha
- Wendell C. Neville
- Hyman G. Rickover (with 2 gold stars)
- Chester W. Nimitz (with 3 gold stars)
- Frank Ruez
- Eli Thomas Reich (with gold star)
- Harry Schmidt (with 2 gold stars)
- Harold Rainsford Stark
- James Stockdale (with 2 gold stars)
- Randall G Schugart
- Stanley R Tanka
- David W. Taylor
- Patricia A. Tracey
- Pedro del Valle
- Alexander Vandegrift
- Russell R. Waesche
- Patrick M. Walsh
- Theodore S. Wilkinson
- Jerauld Wright (with gold star)
- Elmo Zumwalt (with 2 gold stars)
- Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Royal Navy
See also
References
- ^ a b "TITLE 10, Subtitle C, PART II, CHAPTER 567, § 6243". U.S. Code. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00006243----000-.html. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- ^ "TITLE 10, Subtitle C, PART II, CHAPTER 567, § 6247". U.S. Code. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00006247----000-.html. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
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