The Department of Defense resurrected a campaign medal for service in Iraq amid a renewal of threats against U.S. troops in the Middle East. The Pentagon reinstated the Inherent Resolve Campaign ...

he medal was introduced in 2016 and also covered service in Syria, even as the nature of those campaigns changed and conventional U.S. forces had a less active role in ground combat.

In June 2011 Iraq's defense minister announced that U.S. troops who had deployed to the country would receive the Iraq Commitment Medal in recognition of their service.

It is this type of leadership and debate that will be needed to approve a new campaign medal for the current operations in Iraq and Syria. Campaign medals continue a tradition that began in 1904.

CRANE, Ind. - A Crane Army Ammunition Activity employee hired in 2008 recently became one of the first Indiana Air National Guard Airmen to receive the Air Force Combat Action Medal for his heroic ...

In June 2011 Iraq’s defense minister announced that U.S. troops who had deployed to the country would receive the Iraq Commitment Medal in recognition of their service.

As for service crosses, which are the second highest honor that the Army, Navy and Air Force award: 8,716 were given out in World War Two. So far in Iraq and Afghanistan, which have now lasted ...

Capt. Mark Weber, one of the seven airmen killed earlier this month in a helicopter crash in western Iraq, was posthumously awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Force Commendation ...

Former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia will become the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor for the war in Iraq, the White House announced on Monday.