His records also did not show a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon or Kosovo Campaign Medal. He earned two Meritorious Service Medals and five Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals ...

There are those Marines who have asked how the Marine Corps can be led by a commandant who does not own a Combat Action Ribbon after the U.S. has spent the last 12 years at war. Marine Corps ...

The division is a relatively new challenge for the Corps. The Combat Action Ribbon did not even exist until February 1969, when the Navy and Marine Corps adopted it in the midst of the Vietnam War.

Despite being deployed to Afghanistan for nine months, none of the Marines in the task force were awarded the Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Times has reported. The CAR is a coveted decoration ...

Through his 31 years of service, Green hasn’t earned the combat action ribbon, the decoration the Marine Corps bestows on those troops who have engaged in direct combat with the enemy.

Originally from Rutherford County, Tennessee, Smith's military awards include the Combat Action Ribbon, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal ...

Marty, was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon for his work as a radio ... In November 1965, he made his way to Traverse City and joined the Marine Corps so he could avoid the army and the front ...

The old Afghan man wiped blood from his face and yelled at the Marines through an interpreter, “You just killed my family!” A civil affairs Marine paid the man $20,000 for the loss of his loved ones. ...

The nine decorations that Clawson admitted to wearing without earning them were the Purple Heart, the Combat Action ... Award Ribbon denoting seven awards, the Navy and Marine Corps Overseas ...

to picture its action, its settings, its tragedy, its humor." Denig's simple guidance to combat artists was "go to war, do art." Capturing emotion, spirit, and stories US Marine Corps Maj.

A Bristol man and U.S. Marine Corps veteran known for his work helping veterans in need is the 2025 inductee to the New York ...