WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- The V device worn on Army Commendation ... service or achievement in a combat theater. The Army Commendation Medal, however, can be awarded in combat or in ...

The V device worn on Army Commendation Medal and other awards, stands for 'valor.' Joining the V are two new devices: the 'C' and 'R' devices, where C denotes 'combat' and the R means 'remote.

"Byers is also the recipient of the Bronze Star Medal with Combat 'V' device, two awards of the Purple Heart, the Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor device, the Navy and Marine Corps ...

Hackney was on a combat search and rescue mission for ... 411th Engineer Brigade receives an Army Commendation Medal with V device during a ceremony at LSA Anaconda on July 27, 2007.

U.S. Army Pfc. David L. Jackson was only 18 when he landed in Vietnam in December 1967. It was a pivotal time in the war, and Jackson would serve not one, but two combat tours in Southeast Asia, twice ...

as well as personal military decorations that include the “V” and “C” devices, for valor and combat, respectively, including the Bronze Star Medal without devices. The Air Medal is now ...

two Army Commendation Medals for Heroism in the prior actions. For an April 30, 1969, action he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Heroism with “V” device (first oak leaf cluster).

On Friday, Frazier received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, according to a Marine ... the brotherhood and sisterhood principles in combat, to the garrison setting,” he said.

Bryan Rivera, 46, protocol noncommissioned officer in charge at Kadena Air Base, on May 10 was awarded the Air and Space Commendation Medal for meritorious ... as an aerial combat photojournalist ...