Lt. Col. David Lombardo speaks to the Order of St. George candidates before their knighting ceremony at the Buffalo Soldier Monument, Fort Leavenworth Kan. April 5, 2024.

FORT HOOD, TexasAca,!" For mounted Soldiers, there is hardly a more prestigious honor than to receive the medallion of the Order of St. George. Since 1986, when the order was established, 6,195 ...

Retired Col. Robert Schumitz, a 32-year U.S. Army veteran who is the director of Defense Systems at INL now, was knighted and given the bronze medallion in the Order of St. George.

The order’s principal feast days are Sept. 14, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and Apr. 23, the feast of St. George. Young told CNA that the order is open to adult Catholics, both men and ...