The acts of heroism are of a lesser degree than required for the award of the Silver Star.

( Freund also designed the Silver Star.

On June 15, 2012, Powers was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for demonstrating “ exceptional loyalty ” while enduring harsh interrogation in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow for almost two years.

Category: Recipients of the Silver Star

Category: Recipients of the Silver Star

In Japan, this star was called Genji-boshi () ( suggestion from the white flag of Genji clan ), " the Star of Genji clan " or Gin-waki, (), " the Silver ( Star ) beside ( Mitsu-boshi ).

United States Army | Army Captain ( United States ) | Captain receiving the Silver Star from United States Navy | Navy Admiral ( United States ) | Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

United States Army | Army Specialist ( rank ) | Specialist Monica Lin Brown receives the Silver Star from Vice President of the United States | Vice President Dick Cheney.

The Silver Star or Silver Star Medal ( awarded to Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard personnel ) is the third highest military decoration for valor that can be awarded to any person serving in any capacity with the United States Armed Forces.

The Silver Star is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States not justifying one of the two higher ranking valor decorations – the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the Air Force Cross awards for extraordinary heroism or the Medal of Honor, the highest ranking military award, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.

The Silver Star may be awarded to any individual serving in any capacity with the U. S. Armed Forces who distinguishes himself or herself by gallantry in action under any of the following circumstances:

The Silver Star differs from the military service cross awards in that it requires a lesser degree of heroism and need not be earned while in a position of great responsibility.

Air Force pilots, combat systems officers, Navy and Marine Corps Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers flying fighter aircraft are often considered eligible to receive a Silver Star upon becoming an ace ( i. e., having five or more confirmed aerial kills ), which entails the pilot and, in multi-seat fighters, the weapons system officer or radar intercept officer, intentionally and successfully risking his life multiple times under combat conditions and emerging victorious.

Soldiers who received a Citation Star for gallantry in action during World War I were eligible to apply to have the citation converted to the Silver Star ( see " History " below ).

On July 19, 1932, the Secretary of War approved the Silver Star to replace the Citation Star.

The original Citation Star is incorporated into the center of the Silver Star, and the service ribbon and suspension ribbon for the Silver Star is based closely on the Certificate of Merit Medal.

In the Olympic Games the top riders progress into knock out rounds, with the top two surviving into the Gold and Silver medal race and next two into the Bronze Medal race.

In the World Championships or World Cup Classic events, the top two riders from the qualifying round progress directly to the Gold and Silver medal race while the third and forth qualifiers fight it out for Bronze.

In the Olympic Games since 2012, the top teams progress into knock-out rounds, with the top two surviving into the Gold and Silver medal race and

In the World Championships or World Cup Classic events the top two teams from the qualifying round progress directly to the Gold and Silver medal race while the third and fourth qualifiers fight it out for Bronze.

MacArthur awarded Johnson the Silver Star, the military's third-highest medal.

In 1987 a hamstring pull prevented her from competing at the World Championships, then a season later added an Olympic Silver and third Gold medal to her collection.

* Summer Olympic Games: Silver medal 1920

* Scott Goldblatt ( born 1979 ), swimmer who won a Gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and a Silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, with both medals earned in the 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay.

Chorley also boasts as being home to some of the countries most successful track cyclists including Jason Queally, Bradley Wiggins both Olympic gold medal winners and Rik Waddon Paralympic Silver Medalist.

Butterfield received the Silver Star medal.

Women's volleyball is a popular sport in Peru ( Silver medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics, Runners-up in the Volleyball World Championship, and 12 times South American Champion ).

* Silver medal – awarded since 1949 to the highest finishing amateur.

As a member of the Great Britain Eventing Team, she won a Silver Medal at the London 2012 Olympics and was presented with her medal by her mother, The Princess Royal.

* Jack Beresford, rower, Britain's most successful Olympian prior to Redgrave's fourth Gold medal, with three Gold and two Silver medals from 1920 – 1936

** Silver medal: Germany

Later he was awarded a Silver Star for his service aboard the USS Yorktown and he also received the Navy Cross, the second highest medal awarded for valor by the Department of the Navy.

It is also notable for producing Olympiads, Silver Medalist Mansueto Velasco in the 1996 Summer Olympics, his brother Roel Velasco who in turn won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics both for boxing of course.

* Inés Arrondo, hockey player, winner along with the national team of an Olympic Silver medal in Sydney 2000 and a Bronze medal in Athens 2004.

Silver plated medal, denoting the property of C. Aquilius Proculus, the primus pilus who organized the retreat of roman troops from the Rhineland and was betrayed by his local auxiliaries.

Chauvenet represented the USA at the World Individuals four times: Amsterdam in 1980, Washington, D. C. in 1984 where he won the Silver medal, Stockholm in 1988 where he won an additional Silver medal, and in Edinburgh in 1992.

Analog Brothers is an experimental hip-hop crew featuring Ice Oscillator also known as Ice-T ( keyboards, drums, vocals ), Keith Korg also known as Kool Keith ( bass, strings, vocals ), Mark Moog also known as Marc Live ( drums, violyns and vocals ), Silver Synth also known as Black Silver ( synthesizer, lazar bell and vocals ), and Rex Roland also known as Pimp Rex ( keyboards, vocals, production ).

A third option is to have the players portray Corwin's children, in an Amber-like city built around Corwin's pattern ; this is sometimes called an " Argent " game, since one of Corwin's heraldic colours is Silver.

According to Steven H Silver, alternate history requires three things: 1 ) the story must have a point of divergence from the history of our world prior to the time at which the author is writing, 2 ) a change that would alter history as it is known, and 3 ) an examination of the ramifications of that change.

From here is it a short walk to the Silver Sands, Aberdour's busiest and most popular beach.

Silver Sands is becoming more popular with open water swimmers, who swim daily in the sea, both as a leisure pursuit, and as training for open water competition.

The Silver Age of comic books is generally considered to date from the first successful revival of the dormant superhero form — the debut of Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino's Flash in Showcase No. 4 ( September / October 1956 ).

* John Silver in Disney's Treasure Planet is an alien cyborg.

This character is based on Long John Silver from the book Treasure Island.

* Powell is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America.

The Eisenhower Golf Club at the United States Air Force Academy, a 36-hole facility featuring the Blue and Silver courses, which is ranked No. 1 among DoD courses, is named in his honor.

Baresi is one of six players to have won all three types of World Cup Medals, having won Gold in 1982, Bronze in 1990, and Silver in 1994.

The other five players were from West Germany's squad of 1966 – 1974, and this record is closely followed by a select group of players who have won two of the awards ( either Gold and Silver or Gold and Bronze, or Silver and Bronze ).

Silver Lake, west of Conesus Lake, would seem to qualify because it is in the Great Lakes watershed, but Waneta and Lamoka lakes are part of the Susquehanna River watershed as they drain into a tributary of the Chemung River.

In addition to The Mythical Man-Month, Brooks is also known for the paper No Silver Bullet — Essence and Accident in Software Engineering.

One example is the 20 euro Baroque Silver coin issued on September 11, 2002.

Appropriate expression of imprinted genes is important for normal development, with numerous genetic diseases associated with imprinting defects including Beckwith – Wiedemann syndrome, Silver – Russell syndrome, Angelman syndrome and Prader – Willi syndrome.

* Iron Duke is the name of a supervillain character in the Silver Age Sentinels roleplaying game, based in part on Isambard Kingdom Brunel

In the Silver to Bronze Age stories as well as in the " Green, Green Glow of Home " episode of Lois & Clark New adventures of Superman Kryptonite is a stable transuranic element ( element 126 ) that finally decays to iron.

It is surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains, and also borders the Symkaria ( home of Silver Sable ) to the south.