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 national security or defense of the United States. The medal was created on July 9, 1970, by President Richard Nixon in Executive Order 11545.
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Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
General
Martin Dempsey
General
Joseph Votel
General
Alexander Haig
Former United States Secretary of State
David Petraeus
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Omar Bradley
Former United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michael Mullen
Former United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bruce McCandless II
Naval officer
William H. McRaven
Admiral
Tommy Franks
General
Wesley Clark
Political figure
John F. Sattler
Military officer
Mark Fox
Basketball coach
Peter Pace
General
Larry O. Spencer
General
Joseph W. Ashy
General
John L. Piotrowski
General
Howell M. Estes III
General
Timothy J. Keating
Commanding officer
Maurice F. Weisner
Commanding officer
Stephen W. Wilson
Kenneth Minihan
Former Director of the National Security Agency
Robert Harward
Laurel Clark
Astronaut
Joe Engle
American pilot
Guy Gardner
Fictional superhero
William C. McCool
American naval officer
David M. Brown
Astronaut
S. David Griggs
Officer
Eric Smith
Murderer
Michael E. Ryan
General
John Shalikashvili
General
Robert L. Caslen
Superintendent of the United States Military Academy
Merrill McPeak
Former Acting Secretary of U.S. Air Force
David C. Jones
General
William M. Fraser III
Commanding officer
Lester Lyles
General
James O. Ellis
Former Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Craig S. Faller
Military officer
James Cartwright
Olympic athlete
George Lee Butler
American military officer
Lloyd W. Newton
American commissioned officer
Monroe W. Hatch Jr.
Former general
Charles Q. Brown Jr.
General
James Ellis
Actor
John A. Gordon
Former United States Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
James L. Holloway III
Author