Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland admitted to the New York Times that he made an "honest mistake" claiming to have received a Bronze Star on an application for a White House fellowship in 2006.

Hegseth received his first Bronze Star in 2006 for his service in Iraq, while his second award cites his work as a counterinsurgency instructor in Afghanistan in 2012, the Post reported.

In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Moore, now 45, said the Bronze Star description had been “an honest mistake” and expressed contrition. As long as the U.S. military has bestowed awards, it ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore received a Bronze Star Friday evening for his deployment to Afghanistan 18 years ago, a belated honor bestowed after a roiling controversy that blemished his rising ...

Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland last week accepted a Bronze Star for his Army service in Afghanistan nearly two decades ago, putting to rest a controversy over the award that had trailed him through ...

AUSTIN, Texas– Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says he's regretful over failing to correct past interviewers who wrongly claimed he was a Bronze Star recipient. Moore, a rising star in the ...

Awards are distributed based on rank and responsibilities, he noted, with officers and some senior enlisted troops receiving a large volume of Bronze Stars specifically in the 20 years of war ...

What's New. Maryland Governor Wes Moore was awarded a Bronze Star for his service during a deployment to Afghanistan 18 years ago. The governor's office confirmed that a private ceremony to award ...

But the Army thought the 34-year-old former Moline resident's best was good enough to award him the Bronze Star, the U.S. Armed Forces’ fourth-highest individual military award for bravery ...

The reason why Barsallo’s Bronze Star with “V” device was awarded 20 years after these battles is the original paperwork for his award was lost, said Major Katie Schin, the executive officer ...

WASHINGTON — When Wes Moore ran for governor of Maryland in 2022, questions about whether he had claimed to have been awarded a Bronze Star for his Army service in ...