Commendation Medal
United States military decoration
Summary
The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military decoration presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service. Each branch of the United States Armed Forces issues its own version of the Commendation Medal, with a fifth version existing for acts of joint military service performed under the Department of Defense.
Originally created by Lir
10/8/2002, 1:22:15 PM
Modified
4/17/2026, 7:23:59 AM
Recent revisions
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/* Notable recipients */ we don't need a notable recipients section for one of the most common awards in the military. Every notable servicemember is likely to have one, thus there's no way to keep the list from growing indiscriminately large. And since there's only one entry here anyway, doesn't seem like there's ever been much interest in actually fleshing this out.
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/* Notable recipients */ No notable recipients need to be cited, if only Tim Walz would be cited, as too many soldiers famous and not have been awarded this medal. Noting Tim Walz is propagandic at its core. Unless we are going to make additions of every soldier of note who received the medal, at which point V C R becomes more notable than just receiving the medal.
