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For US Medals at the very top of the "Pyramid of Honor" (The highest US medals awarded) lists do exist. The Medal of Honor, the highest medal awarded, has numerous lists that can be checked, as do the next highest, the Distinguished Service Cross.

There are monthly payments made for life for the medal, so any number of sources would also provide a verification list. Also, a DD-214 (Discharge Certificate) would list all medals and awards received by a service member, but would NOT tell you what the medal was awarded for; this would be found on the accompanying certificate with the medal.

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No. You have to have a valid Social Security number, which the military will check to ensure is yours.

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Tango Mike - TM - Thanks much

"It is said that US Special Forces have a phrase that's spoken over radio when a firefight is going badly or courage needs to be summoned -- Tango Mike Mike, Tango Mike Mike."

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There isn't an MOS for Airborne Ranger - it would be a Special Qualification Identifier which comes after their MOS. For example, Infantry is the "11" Career Management Field. A Private coming fresh out of One Station Unit Training would be awarded the MOS 11B1O, with "11B" being the MOS, "1" being the skill level - in this case, 1 to indicate ranks Private through Specialist, and the "O" is the Special Qualification Identifier - in this case, "O" means he has no special qualifications. Now, let's he attends and completes jump school afterwards. At that point, he would become 11B1P, with the "P" indicating he's jump qualified. So a couple years pass, he gets promoted to E4, and attends Ranger school, and completes it. At that point, he'd be awarded a "V" Special Qualification Identifier for "Ranger Parachutist" (i.e., Airborne Ranger), so his MOS would read 11B1V.

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The essence of government is not to obey, but to enforce obedience. And therefore it always strives for that and will never willingly abandon its power. But since the power of government rests on the army, it will never give up the army, and the use of the army. Tolstoy The Kingdom of God is Within You

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They want to defend their country. If it isn't their country they are doing it for other countries.

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Definately, a Sergeant is a NCO (Non commissioned officer) whereas a Captain is in the middle of the Officer ranks.

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313 Brigade is a terrorist organisation formed in Pakistan, and operational in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and parts of Bangladesh and India.

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If they're in a supervisory position over the Sergeant, yes.

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He was a Private first class, until he tested positive for marijuana then which he was reduced in rank and forced out of the military

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No. They were part of the British Empire (and still are a part of the remnants of it as one of the Commonwealth Dominions), but themselves have never actually had an empire of their own.

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Yes ,It is possible for you to wash your full service dress at home but must only use a moderate detergent or the colors will lighten. Hair shampoo's can be used as a detergent do to its light-moderate viscosity of detergent. The Shirt and pants can go in the washer on a normal setting. But make sure when your washing the Service Coat, you put it on a delicate setting and not to use heat or it will shrink; the same goes for the dryer.

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Absolutely not.

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No, you can't. Before you report in to the post you'll be attending Basic or One Station Unit Training at, you'll report back to the MEPS station (the place where you actually signed your enlistment contract). Your recruiting office will provide you with transportation to MEPS. From there, you'll be given either a bus ticket or a plane ticket (depending on the distance). After you arrive at the airport, you'll be picked up by charter bus and taken to the post's Adjutant General battalion, where you'll in-process at. There is no other way to do this, and no other means of transportation are authorised.

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I am a Silver Star winner from the Vietnam War. It is on 1st Aviation Brigade, APO San Francisco 96307.

General Orders Number 2554

Dated 14 June 1967

Date of action: 31 January 1967

This is not so much a improvement but a extention of above. Most units have web sites and list Silver Star recipients. As I was with the 173rd AIB and the 11th ACR, both have list of MOH,DSC and Silver Stars awarded.Names, rank and dates are provided. Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts were so numerous, it was decided not efficient to list.

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Neither is "better," in general anyway. Saying one or the other is better is like saying boats are better than cars. Better at what? The USMC is an invading force, "go secure this location" Marines go, it gets secured and then the Army comes in and provides permanent security, in general anyway.

As far as one being considered "better" than the other it usually has to do with the USMC's record of success in many historic battles that had impossible odds against the Marines, and every Marine being a rifleman. Their infantries (Army/Marine Corps) are more or less similar in capability, but the non-combat mos's are where the difference is. Army non combat soldiers (cooks, mechanics, admin, etc) are minimally trained in combat, at least compared to their Marine Corps counterparts. Any Army infantryman that says he'd rather have an Army mechanic at his side than a USMC mechanic after getting ambushed on a convoy is straight up being dishonest for the sake of pride. Every "non-combat" Marine not only has longer and more in-depth initial combat training(bootcamp/MCT, around 4 months before ever going to MOS school) than Army counterparts but that training continues throughout their USMC careers.

Lastly its also about the kind of person that joins the USMC. The Army has its badasses, its elite, and its salty battlehardened grunts just like the Marine Corps. Again the difference is in the non-grunts, a great deal of soldiers are drawn to the Army with bonuses, paying off existing student loans etc. The USMC recruits with its reputation, or at the very least its perception of being "the best" whether or not they are the best is irrelevant. Just compare USMC and Army recruiting commercials for confirmation. The USMC doesn't give bonuses, pay off student loans etc, there are no gifts for signing the dotted line. Recruiting people that want to be the best and want the hardest training (again whether or not they are the best or the training is the hardest is irrelevant, its about what is perceived) results in a group of individuals with a different kind of character than those that joined the military for cookies. It doesn't mean everyone that joined a different service doesn't have that character, or joined a different service for the tangible sign-up rewards, but there are many that did, and none for the USMC. Its not possible to answer "why one is better than the other" or even IF one is better, as with most things it's perception and I could only help to show you why the Marines are perceived as better and leave you to your own devices.

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Article 92 - Failure to Obey Orders or Regulations, Sub-Part 3, of the UCMJ.

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While this will vary from police academy to police academy, those I have spoken to tell me that you generally get weekends off.

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Because they landed in the port cities of the US and didn't have money to travel far. Also, the port cities offered many opportunities for employment and a community of fellow Irish immigrants.

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I'm sure the soldier riding in the tanks WISH they were indestructible. No tank is completely invulnerable to armor piercing rounds, artillery, mortars, bombs, missiles, mines, and other anti-tank weapons, although some are more resistant than others.

The ongoing competition between armor and armor-piercing weapons has been going on ever since the invention of armor. The first anti-tank weapons were developed during WW I - which is when tanks were first deployed in battle.

Small cannons and large-caliber rifles were used against the early WW I tanks deployed by the British. Although a lot of thes supposed anti-tank weapons were nearly useless, they gradually got better as better armor-piercing rounds were developed. Grenades were also used. Since tanks can get stuck and be unable to move, they can also be quite vulnerable to artillery and mortars; once they get stuck they become a fixed target and are much easier to drop a shell on with some accuracy. In the area of anti-tank warfare, there are three kinds of "kills": "mobility kill", firepower kill" and "catastrophic kill". A mobility kill (M-kill) is when a tank is rendered immobile; if it can't move, it can't go where it is needed and isn't nearly as useful. Its weapons may still work, but it is more like fixed artillery rather than mobile firepower. A firepower kill (F-kill) means some loss of the vehicle's ability to fire its weapons. M-kills and F-kills may be complete or partial. A partial M-kill means the tank can't move as well, a partial F-kill means some of the tank's weapons can't fire or they can't fire as fast or as accurately. A catastrophic kill (K-kill) removes the tank's ability to fight completely. If the tank can't move or fire its weapons or if the crew is disabled and unable to operate the tank and its weapons, it is a K-kill. Most of the newer tanks are more resistant to M-kills, F-kills, and K-kills, but they are not indestructible. The more heavily armored tanks tend to be more resistant than the lighter armored tanks, but that is not an absolute rule.

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Depends on what your RE code is. I know people who've had Entry Level Separations from one branch of service, and were able to enlist into another branch.

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Birthdates drawn in the first National Service ballot: 10 March 1965 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 January 1945 to 30 June 1945. January 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 21, 23, 27, 28 February 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9,12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26 March 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29,30 April 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 29 May 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14, 19, 22, 23, 26, 30 June 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29 Birthdates drawn in the second National Service ballot: 10 September 1965 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 July 1945 to 31 December 1945. July 3, 6, 7, 8, 16, 22, 25, 26, 31 August 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 September 2, 4, 5, 6, 14, 17, 21, 25, 26 October 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 23, 25, 29 November 3, 4, 12, 14, 15, 16, 22, 24, 27 December 6, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 July 1945 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. July to December-as above January 3, 6, 7, 8, 16, 22, 25, 26, 31 February 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 March 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 20, 24, 28, 29 April 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 25, 27 May 1, 6, 7, 15, 17, 18, 19, 25, 27, 30 June 8, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30 Birthdates drawn in the third National Service ballot: 1I March 1966 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 January 1946 to 30 June 1946. January 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 21, 22, 30 February 1, 2, 12, 23 March 1, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29 April 5, 10, 15, 18, 19, 24, 26, 29 May 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 14, 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 30 June 1, 6, 9, 14, 17, 25, 30 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 January 1946 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. January to June-as above July 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 21, 22, 30 August 1, 2, 12, 23, 29 September 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26 October 3, 8, 13, 16, 17, 22, 24, 27, 30, 31 November 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 17, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27, 29 December 4, 7, 12, 15, 23, 28, 31 Birthdates drawn in the fourth National Service ballot: 9 September 1966 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 July 1946 to 31 December 1946. July 15, 17, 20, 24 August 2, 14, 19, 20, 22, 25, 27 September 12, 16, 18, 23, 24, 25 October 1, 16, 21, 22, 23, 29 November 1, 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, 17, 24, 26, 28, 30 December 1, 6, 18, 25 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 July 1946 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. July to December-as above January 15, 17, 20, 24 February 2, 14, 19, 20, 22, 25, 27 March 15, 19, 21, 26, 27, 28 April 3, 18, 23, 24, 25 May 1, 4, 5, 8, 12, 14, 15, 20, 27, 29, 31 June 2, 3, 8, 20, 27 Birthdates drawn in the fifth National Service ballot: 10 March 1967 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 January 1947 to 30 June 1947. January 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, 30 February 3, 8, 12, 16, 18, 23 March 3, 11, 16, 21, 22, 23 April 4, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 24, 29 May 1, 13, 14, 22, 25, 29 June 5, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 29 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 January 1947 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. January to June as above July 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, 30 August 3, 8, 12, 16, 18, 23, 31 September 8, 13,18,19, 20 October 2, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 22, 27, 29 November 10, 11, 19, 22, 26 December 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 27, 30 Birthdates drawn in the sixth National Service ballot: 8 September 1967 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 July 1947 to 31 December 1947. July 2, 12, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29 August 1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 26, 27 September 10, 13, 15, 16, 19, 23 October 13, 14, 16, 21, 25, 26, 31 November 6, 17, 18 December 4, 10, 15, 22, 24, 25 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 July 1947 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. July to December-as above January 2, 12, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29 February 1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 26, 27 March 13, 16, 18, 19, 22, 26 April 15, 16, 18, 23, 27, 28 May 3, 9, 20, 21 June 6, 12, 17, 24, 26, 27 Birthdates drawn in the seventh National Service ballot: 15 March 1968 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 January 1948 to 30 June 1948. January 1, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21 February 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 21 March 2, 7, 8, 9, 15, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31 April 3, 16, 17, 19, 25, 30 May 1, 7, 11, 17, 18, 21, 23, 31 June 10, 17, 24, 28 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 January 1948 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. January to June-as above July 1, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21 August 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 21, 30 September 4, 5, 6, 12, 19, 22, 23, 26, 28 October 1,14,15,17, 23, 28, 29 November 4, 8, 14, 15, 18, 20, 28 December 8, 15, 22, 26 Birthdates drawn in the eighth National Service ballot: 13 September 1968 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 July 1948 to 31 December 1948. July 3, 21, 22, 24, 30 August 1, 3, 16, 18, 24, 26 September 5, 9, 12, 14, 22, 23, 24, 26 October 3, 13, 18 November 5, 18, 24, 28, 29 December 7, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 July 1948 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. July to December-as above January 3, 21, 22, 24, 30 February 1, 3, 16, 18, 24, 26 March 7, 11, 14, 16, 24, 25, 26, 28 April 4, 14, 19 May 7, 20, 26, 30, 31 June 8, 13, 15, 16, 20, 22, 23, 27 Birthdates drawn in the ninth National Service ballot: 14 March 1969 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 January 1949 to 30 June 1949. January 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, 31 February 3, 8, 12, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28 March 1, 7, 11, 12, 20, 22, 26, 28 April 2, 3, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26 May 13, 18, 19, 27 June 7, 9, 10, 23, 28, 30 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 January 1949 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. January to June-as above July 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, 31 August 3, 8, 12, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 30 September 5, 9, 10, 18, 20, 24, 26 October 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24, 25 November 11, 16, 17, 25 December 6, 8, 9, 22, 27, 29, 31 Birthdates drawn in the tenth National Service ballot: 22 September 1969 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 July 1949 to 31 December 1949. July 3, 8, 11, 15, 20, 25 August 9, 13, 25, 29 September 18, 19, 21, 28 October 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 15, 25 November 17, 22, 29 December 2, 5, 7, 15, 17, 25 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 July 1949 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. July to December-as above January 3, 8, 11, 15, 20, 25 February 9, 13, 25, 29 March 20, 21, 23, 30 April 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 16, 26 May 19, 24, 31 June 3, 6, 8, 16, 18, 26 Birthdates drawn in the eleventh National Service ballot: 13 March 1970 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 January 1950 to 30 June 1950. January 3, 4, 6, 11, 22, 26, 28, 30 February 4, 11, 15, 21 March 1, 10, 15, 21 April 7, 13, 15, 21, 28 May 10, 20, 22, 25, 31 June 4, 11, 19, 23 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 January 1950 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. January to June-as above July 3, 4, 6, 11, 22, 26, 28, 30 August 4, 11, 15, 21, 30 September 8, 13, 19 October 6, 12, 14, 20, 27 November 8, 18, 20, 23, 29 December 3,10,18, 22 Birthdates drawn in the twelfth National Service ballot: 28 September 1970 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 July 1950 to 31 December 1950. July 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 29, 30 August 1, 17, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 31 September 2, 3, 5, 13, 15, 19, 26 October 2, 3, 4, 10, 15, 30 November 18, 20, 29, 30 December 2, 6, 7, 22, 28, 29 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 July 1950 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. July to December-as above January 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 29, 30 February 1, 17, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29 March 2, 4, 5, 7, 15, 17, 21, 28 April 3, 4, 5, 11, 16 May 1, 20, 22, 31 June 1, 3, 7, 8, 23, 29, 30 Birthdates drawn in the thirteenth National Service ballot: 26 March 1971 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 January 1951 to30 June 1951. January 2, 7, 8, 11, 15, 26, 28 February 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 24, 28, 29 March 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 20, 26, 27, 28, 30 April 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 30 May 4, 5, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 29 June 2, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 28, 29, 30 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 January 1951 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. January to June-as above July 2, 7, 8, 11, 15, 26, 28 August 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 24, 28, 29 September 3, 5, 11, 13, 15, 18, 24, 25, 26, 28 October 1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29 November 2, 3, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, 27 December 1, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29 Birthdates drawn in the fourteenth National Service ballot: 17 September 1971 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 July 1951 to 31 December 1951. July 1, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 26, 31 August 1, 6, 7, 10, 21, 24, 27, 30 September 4, 8, 10, 14, 21, 23, 28, 29 October 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 16, 20, 22, 25 November 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 22, 27, 28, 30 December 7, 8, 9, 16, 21, 28, 29, 31 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 July 1951 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. July to December-as above January 1, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 26, 31 February 1, 6, 7, 10, 21, 24, 27 March 1, 6, 10, 12, 16, 23, 25, 30, 31 April 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 17, 21, 23, 26 May 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 24, 29, 30 June 1, 8, 9, 10, 17, 22, 29, 30 Birthdates drawn in the fifteenth National Service ballot: 24 March 1972 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 January 1952 to 30 June 1952. January 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 23, 30 Februar 2, 3, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29 March 9, 12, 13, 17, 26, 27, 30, 31 April 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 22, 24, 29 May 2, 3, 5, 11, 13, 20 June 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16, 21, 24, 29, 30 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 January 1952 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. January to June-as above July 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 23, 30 August 2, 3, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29 September 7, 10, 11, 15, 24, 25, 28, 29 October 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 21, 23, 28, 31 November 1, 3, 9, 11, 18 December 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 15, 20, 23, 28, 29 Birthdates drawn in the sixteenth National Service ballot: 22 September 1972 Men included in the ballot who were born in the period 1 July 1952 to 31 December 1952. July 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 15, 17, 29, 30 August 1, 4, 11, 17, 19, 21, 28, 29 September 3, 10, 12, 17, 18, 20, 25 October 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 29, 30 November 3, 15, 29, 30 December 1, 6, 21, 26, 30 Men included in the ballot who were born prior to 1 July 1952 but were absent from Australia when their age group was required to register. July to December-as above January 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 15, 17, 29, 30 February 1, 4, 11, 17, 19, 21, 28, 29 March 5, 12, 14, 19, 20, 22, 27 April 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 30 May 1, 5, 17, 31 June 1, 2, 7, 22, 27 Details acquired from http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/viet_app.htm

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500 and 55 thousand

To correct the above post, 4 bronze oak leaf clusters indicates 5 total awards of a single medal (the initial award +1 OLC for each additional award). Starting with the 6th award, a silver oak leaf cluster is worn instead (silver OLC indicating 5 previous awards). The 7th will add another bronze OLC, and so forth. Caveat, this is for the Army. The Naval services use stars instead of OLCs to indicate previous awards.

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Lieutenant Colonel