* Medal bar, a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other medal

The Bronze Star Medal or Bronze Star is an individual military decoration of the United States Armed Forces that may be awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone.

The medal is the fourth-highest combat decoration and the ninth highest U. S. military award in order of precedence.

* Combat Action Ribbon, a United States military decoration

It is the United States's highest non-combat related military award and it is the highest joint service decoration.

* Service stripe, a military decoration

The air war on the Western Front received the most attention in the annals of military aviation, since it produced aces such as Manfred von Richthofen, popularly known as the Red Baron, Ernst Udet, Hermann Göring, Oswald Boelcke, Werner Voss, and Max Immelmann ( the first airman to win the Pour le Mérite, Imperial Germany's highest decoration for gallantry, as a result of which the decoration became popularly known as the Blue Max ).

The decoration is issued both to United States military personnel and to military and political figures of foreign governments.

The Legion of Merit ( Commander degree ) is one of only two United States military decorations to be issued as a neck order ( the other being the Medal of Honor ) and the only United States decoration which may be issued in award degrees ( much like an order of chivalry or certain Orders of Merit ).

* Military Medal, a British and Commonwealth military decoration

* Minerva is displayed on the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government.

* Meritorious Service Medal ( China ), second highest military decoration within the People's Liberation Army

The Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, a decoration of the United States Navy, was later issued for those American service members who had performed military duty in Nicaragua during the early years of the 20th century.

NATO also created a military decoration related to Operation Enduring Freedom:

Several Puerto Ricans became notable commanders, five have been awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration in the United States, also several Puerto Ricans have attained the rank of General or Admiral, which requires a Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation.

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U. S. military.

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 city became the centre of the German Liberation movement against Napoleon, and the gathering place for volunteers from all over Germany, with the Iron Cross military decoration founded by Frederick William III of Prussia in early March 1813.

* Indian Order of Merit, a military and civilian decoration in British India.

William Rufus Shafter ( October 16, 1835 – November 12, 1906 ) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Fair Oaks.

* The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government.

The stepped-up defense procurement called for in the 1961 Budget has already begun to make itself felt in an upturn in orders for military electronic equipment and the components that go into it, and it has been suggested that an additional $2 billion increase in total defense spending may be requested for fiscal 1962.

Ierulli will replace Desmond D. Connall who has been called to active military service but is expected back on the job by March 31.

Vague in wording, it called for withdrawal of Belgian troops and authorized the Secretary-General `` to take the necessary steps to provide the ( Congolese ) Government with such military assistance as may be necessary, until, through the efforts of the Congolese Government with the technical assistance of the United Nations, the national security forces may be able, in the opinion of the Government, to meet fully their tasks.

The Armenian government ’ s stated efforts to strengthen and reform the military are called into question by continuing non-combat deaths and other violent incidents in the army ranks, which have come under greater public scrutiny in 2010.

The Gauls had called to Rome for military aid.

* 2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.

In 480, Aeschylus was called into military service again, this time against Xerxes I's invading forces at the Battle of Salamis, and perhaps, too, at the Battle of Plataea in 479.

Some Protestant US military chaplains carry the Roman Rite version of the Anointing of the Sick with them for use if called upon to assist wounded or dying soldiers who are Catholics.

In military usage in Spanish and German, a casino or kasino is an officers ' mess ; curiously, in Italian-the source-language of the word-a " casino " is either a brothel, a mess, or a noisy environment, while a gaming house is called a " casinò ".

The French forces were once again called to Bangui ( Operation Almadin II ), supported by military from Chad and Gabon.

When a film is primarily about the experience of civilians called into military service and being trained, it may be referred to as a " service comedy ".

The tile set consists of 32 tiles in two " suits " or groups called " military " and " civilian ".

In mimesis ( also called masquerade ), the whole animal ( or piece of military equipment ) looks like some other object, which is of no special interest to the observing animal or enemy.

The most typical example of a command system is a military organisation, which is typically called a government, but any large production team may easily fall into this category.

The technology of CDMA was used in 1957, when the young military radio engineer Leonid Kupriyanovich in Moscow, made an experimental model of a wearable automatic mobile phone, called LK-1 by him, with a base station.

The effort to support the contras was one component of the Reagan Doctrine, which called for providing military support to movements opposing Soviet-supported, communist governments.

This called upon Belgium to remove its troops and for the UN to provide ' military assistance ' to the Congolese forces to allow them ' to meet fully their tasks '.

At the Geneva Conference Eisenhower presented a proposal called " Open Skies to facilitate disarmament, which included plans for Russia and the U. S. to provide mutual access to each other's skies for open surveillance of military infrastructure.

Various political parties in India repeatedly called for the military base to be dismantled, as they saw the US naval presence in Diego Garcia as a hindrance to peace in the Indian Ocean.

Because the Wehrmacht was lacking manpower to stop the Soviet advance, men in jobs not deemed necessary or previously deemed unfit for military service were now called under arms.

The 2006 science fiction film Déjà Vu revolves around a US federal law enforcement officer using an instrument called Snowhite to view the past four and a half days of anywhere in the world ( limited radius as permissible by the program ) in order to solve a murder and a terrorist bomb attack on a ferry that was being boarded by about 500 citizens and military members.

As civil authority rapidly deteriorated, with random acts of violence and theft breaking out across the country, members of the nobility, fearing for their safety, fled to neighboring countries ; many of these émigrés, as they were called, funded counter-revolutionary causes within France and urged foreign monarchs to offer military support to a counter-revolution.

While Hannibal is mentioned in the company of history's greatest generals, military professionals have bestowed Fabius ' name on an entire strategic doctrine known as " Fabian strategy ", and George Washington has been called " the American Fabius.

While the conflict has been called by some " The War of the Amateurs ", the White Army had two major advantages over the Red Guards in the war: the professional military leadership of General Mannerheim and his staff — which included 84 Swedish volunteer officers and former Finnish officers of the Tsar's army — and 1, 450 soldiers of the 1, 900-strong, elite " Jäger " battalion.

White Fang has seized control of a Peacemillion-class battleship OZ was building for Romefeller to show its military power, called Libra.