Talk:Bronze Star Medal/Archive 1

Archive 1

Canadian awards

There was a portion of the History section of the article as follows:

The Executive Order was amended by President John F. Kennedy, per Executive Order 11046 dated 24 August 1962, to expand the authorization to include those serving with friendly forces. Such an honor has only been presented three times:

1. To the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry for their fight in the Medak Pocket in the former Yugoslavia;
2. To the 1st Battalion of the Royal 22^e Régiment for its defense of the airport at Sarajevo;
3. To 26 members of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group, including posthumously to four killed when a U.S. F-16 fighter-bomber mistakenly attacked them as they conducted a night firing exercise on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

This section was wrong on many levels.

EO 11046 had nothing to do with awards to non-US personnel. There were plenty of awards before 1962 to non-U.S. personnel, mainly in World War II and Korea. The expansion under EO 11046 of authorization to include those serving with friendly forces applies to Americans serving with friendly forces, e.g. American advisors with foreign military units.

The Bronze Star is not a unit citation so the references in #1 and #2 above could not be correct. The awards of the Bronze Star to the members of the Princess Pats in Afghanistan, by contrast, are well documented, but there were 30 in total. The problem is the overall statement that these are the only three times the Bronze Star Medal has been thusly awarded.

Apparently, the mistake is this: In 2002, the Canadian Forces created the Commander-In-Chief Unit Commendation, a prestigious unit citation. It has only been awarded three times. Those three times are the three referred to above - to the Van Doos for Sarajevo in 1992, to the 2nd Princess Pats for Medak in 1993, and to the 3rd Princess Pats for Afghanistan in 2003. Many of the articles on these citations also talked about the awards of the 30 Bronze Star Medals to members of the 3rd Princess Pats for Afghanistan, so someone must have confused the Bronze Star with the Commander-In-Chief Unit Commendation.

If anyone has an alternative explanation, I wouldn't mind hearing it. Otherwise, I hope my fix and long-winded explanation are satisfactory.

Airbornelawyer 01:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Offical Graphic v. Offical Photo

I just noticed that the official USAF graphic of the Bronze Star has been swapped out for a graphic of it - to prevent an edit war I figured it would be best to discuss this. Personally I think the photo looks better - and maintains consistency between the rest of the medal pages, so my vote is to replace the graphic with a photo - any objections, and if so, why? --Darkstar949 20:26, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean the one here? [1] If so, I'm in agreement with you -- it looks much better than the graphic on that's currently there. Alcarillo 18:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

British Bronze Star Medal

The British Army used to award a medal called the Bronze Star. It was first awarded c.1848 in India but (I believe) is now defunct. Is this related to the US Bronze Star? Should there be a disambig page? Does anyone know any more about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by WickerWiki (talk • contribs) 00:14, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I wondering how a Bronze Star should be recieved? YesI recieved my while being a SSG in iraq and its a long story.

Valor Awards

Try reading AR 600-8-22 The BSM is awarded for both heroic and meritorious service. Heroic receives the Combat "V" to distinguish the act of valor over everyone else who receives it for meritorious acts. They are different when you see the "V" on the medal you instantly know the sacrific involved. It doesn't cheapen the award because there is a clearly visible distinction. At the bottom of the article there is a listing of the various awards and pictures of the ribbons. Under the awards for valor there is a very important ommission. The second highest award for valor are the Service Crosses (Navy Cross, Army Cross). That award should be listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frogflyer (talk • contribs) 13:20, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

The awards listed at the bottom of the article are inter-service. In other words, these are honors that are awarded uniformly regardless of service. As you pointed out, the Service Crosses are service-specific, which is why they are not included on that list. SeanNovack (talk) 14:25, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

See top post - Name discussion. My entry. Army - "V" Device, Marines - Combat "V" (both are "V" devices). The Army for valor the Marines for valor or being exposed to personal hazard involving direct participation in combat operations. YahwehSaves

Duncan Hunter

US COngressman and Chair of the Armed Services COmmittee — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.231.249.138 (talk) 20:11, 25 March 2014 (UTC)