Sentence examples for combat award from inspiring English sources

In addition to the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, he was awarded the Air Force Cross, the highest combat award specifically for airmen.

He was one of the few men to receive the Soviet Union's highest combat award during peacetime, the Order of the Red Star, presumably for air-combat action in a border incident.

The Medal of Honor is this nation's highest combat award.

Murphy received every U.S. military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army for his World War II service.

For his war-time service, Murphy had earned every Army combat award for valor available during his period of service.

Before his 20th birthday he had earned every Army combat award for valor available during his period of service and had risen to the rank of first lieutenant.

Reports of firefights involving U.S. troops were closely held, and field commanders were told in no uncertain terms not to nominate soldiers for combat awards.

One even went so far as to tell me that I was not allowed to wear any of the combat awards and patches that I had earned because there was no combat going on in Iraq.

Army soldiers in Niger are still not eligible for certain combat awards — including the Combat Infantry Badge and Combat Action Badge — that are highly respected and sometimes can help with promotion.

ARLINGTON, Va .- IT should come as no surprise that an arch-conservative Web site is questioning whether Representative John Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat who has been critical of the war in Iraq, deserved the combat awards he received in Vietnam.

"Since commanders weren't authorized to submit all the paperwork for combat awards, some of the paper trace may be lacking". But for some, at least, the book on El Salvador can be closed.