Which is the highest Civilian Award in United States of America?
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Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.
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The pay for these jobs is much higher than in the states. Call Halliburton, they hire most of the civilians in Iraq.
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Talk to your S-1 (personnel section).  They should have plenty of copies of already submitted and approved awards.
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Sadly, there have been quite a few recipients of the Bronze Star (or - as we soldiers currently prefer to call it - the BS) who were nowhere near a theater of combat. Many people won the BS without having ever left US soil while merely serving in a support role! Mainly officers and very senior NCOs. Go figure.
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go to www.firstgov.gov and click on the link for civilian jobs.  it will link you with usajobs.gov - or go there directly.  You can even put in an email notification for a specific job in a specific location.
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Militarily, it is, without a doubt, the USA. Capability, force projection, unparallelled. Intelligent, motivated, skilled and well-trained volunteer servicemembers. Top notch weapons technology.\n\nAnd yes, I'm from USA. But that doesn't change the answer.
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U.S. Army ribbons are worn on the wearer's left side. These are individual ribbons (individual awards, campaign ribbons, etc). The U.S. equivalent to the Victoria Cross is the Medal of Honor. It is worn on the wearer's left side.  The order of precedence begins on the extreme left side of the chest (nearest the left arm) on the bottom row (right above the left chest pocket).  The ribbons are stacked in rows of either three to four ribbons as high as they go. The Medal of Honor is first in order of precedence and therefore would be at the very top of the stack.  Unit awards in the U.S. Army are worn on the wearer's right side. These are also worn in order of precedence from left to right.
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Audie Leon Murphy, son of poor Texas sharecroppers, rose to national fame as the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II. Among his 33 awards and decorations was the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States of America, for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty." He also received every decoration for valor that his country had to offer, some of them more than once, including 5 decorations by France and Belgium. Credited with either killing over 240 of the enemy while wounding and capturing many others, he became a legend within the 3rd Infantry Division. Beginning his service as an Army Private, Audie quickly rose to the enlisted rank of Staff Sergeant, was given a "battle field" commission as 2nd Lieutenant, was wounded three times, fought in 9 major campaigns across the European Theater, and survived the war. \nDuring Murphy's 3 years active service as a combat soldier in World War II, Audie became one of the best fighting combat soldiers of this or any other century. What Audie accomplished during this period is most significant and probably will never be repeated by another soldier, given today's high-tech type of warfare. The U.S. Army has always declared that there will never be another Audie Murphy.
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NO it can ONLY be awarded by the president of the United States, It may be presented by a lower ranking officer.
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The US uses the Latin honours system with undergraduate degrees; I'm guessing that the nearest would be magna c um laude for a 2:1 degree.\n\nLatin honours are:\nsumma c um laude, highest honour. This is generally reserved at US universities for people with above roughly a 3.8 out of 4.0, of course depending on the school.\nmagna c um laude, great honour. Usually I think this is from about a 3.6 or so to summa c um laude, again depending on the school.\nc um laude, with honour, is awarded often if you make above a 3.5 out of 4.0, but this depends again upon the school.\n\n(Sorry about the odd spacing, but for some reason Yahoo! doesn't like the Latin word for "with."  I wonder what profanity people have made that into - no, wait, please don't enlighten me, I withdraw the question.)\n\nThere's not really anything below that at US universities, besides just getting your degree. 2.0 is passing (C), 3.0 is above average (B) and 4.0 is excellent (A) just for your reference.
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1 star - brigadeer general\n2 stars - major general\n3 stars - lieutenant general\n4 stars - general\n5 stars - general of the army.\n\n4 stars is usually the highest rank attained in the US military.  a 5 rank of 5 stars takes a special act.  I believe Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was the last 5 star general in the US army.  (there was some talk in the 1990's of giving Gen. Colin Powell and Gen. Norman Swartzkoff a fifth star - it hasn't happened though it still could, even post-retirement)\n\nGenerals are promoted by special appointment.\n\nUsually an officer is well advanced in his/her career before obtaining the rank of General\n\nBY THE WAY:\nHere's a trivia for you\n\nThe youngest general ever in US military history was Gen. George Armstrong Custer.  He was a brigadeer general at age 23.  It is no longer possible to advance that high at such a young age.
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I believe that in the U.S. Army the highest rank attainable is a four star general. There are probably more than one four star generals at this time; however, only one of them is the Joint Chief of Staff.\nIn the Marine Corps. the highest rank is the five star general and their title is Commandant of the Marine Corps.  Jose
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I am a civilian, but I have to precise that I have been drafted in France for one year, 28 years ago. \nAt the risk to be wrong, I do not find much difference between a U.S. soldier and, some special cases excepted, a soldier of any other country. \n\nThen, a soldier has been civilian before he was a soldier, and even though arise, once more, special considerations (he enlisted very young so that he never really experienced adulthood as civilian, or he is son of a soldier and always saw other soldiers or soldiers's children around him during his childhood). \nSo, in numerous case a soldier know from personal experience what is civilian life know how he is perceived by civilians.\nThe main difference between a civilian and a soldier is that the soldier is round the clock a soldier and that he has to obey orders until his time is over; wheras a civilian is no longer at the orders of his boss as soon as he cross the door of the company where he works. Just for this simple reason civilian and soldier's behavior and their perception of life may differ to a sizeable extent. The civilian benefits of more freedom than the soldier. Moreover, unles he is officer, a soldier has no home, no private life allowing him to invite a friend for a dinner or a drink. The soldier is as cut from the civilian world; a fact that makes the soldier feeling more confortable with other soldiers than with civilians. Then follow some points such as the esprit-de-corps and else, depending the specialty of the soldier (does he has to handle secret stuff, etc) which may make a soldier still a more different person. Also, how is ranked a soldier may introduce a great deal of change in the way I perceive a soldier. \nAs civilian, I personnaly noticed that the higher is ranked a soldier the less I found him different from civilian people. This is explained by the two following reasons. \n\nFirst, a high ranking officer is in most case a courteous and well educated person capable to handle a conversation on numerous topics. \n\nSecond, a high ranking officer benefits of more freedom in his schedule and enjoys a pay allowing him to afford privacy suitable to relationships with civilians.\n\nAs testimony, it has been sometimes hard for me to realize that I was enjoying a conversation with a soldier when he was a general or a colonel. \n\nNow, while specifically talking about U.S. soldiers, I am afraid I wouldn't be of much help since I have never had, knowingly, the opportunity to meet one. Since I lived during three year and a half in Massachusetts I am sure I probably talked with at least one soldier, but if this happened I didn't know it and didn't even noticed it. Sorry. I guess I did my best to help you.
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Well, let's see now. The easiest medal that I ever earned was the National Defense Medal upon completion of Basic Training. We called it the Road Guard Medal, the KP Medal, and the Fire Watch Medal. The next two would have been the Expert Marksman Badge and the Good Conduct Medal. After that things were a little different. I earned one Distinguished Service Cross, one Silver Star, one Distinguished Fling Cross, four Bronze Stars (with "V" Device) and four more for Meritorious Service, one Meritorious Service Medal, seven Air Medals (with "V" Device) and three for Meritorious Service, three Army Commendation Medals (with "V" Device) and two for Meritorious Service, three Purple Heart Medals, one Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, one Vietnam Campaign with one Silver Campaign Star Device and one Bronze Campaign Star Device, one Vietnam Service Medal with '60 Device, two Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry Medals (with Palm Device and Bronze Star Device), one Combat Infantryman's Badge, one Aircraft Crewman's Badge (Basic), one Senior Parachutist Badge, and one Vietnamese Parachutist Badge (Basic). I also wore for the units I served in three Presidential Unit Citations,three Valorous Unit Citations, two Meritorious Unit Citations, one Vietnamese Presidential Unit Citation, one Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry Unit Citation(with Palm Device and one Vietnamese Civil Action Unit Citation (with Palm Device. The American servicemen that I knew were never GIVEN any medals, badges, citations, or rank! The key word is EARNED. Also, heroism and valor are very common among the American serviceman and thousands were never recognized for that or some finally after 20+ years or after they've died. What the requirements for other nations servicemen are I have no idea but I know that our Armed Forces do not just hand out medals and even sometimes downgrades the initial recommendation ( like recommended for the Medal of Honor and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross or Silver Star Medal instead). Believe me, all those medals that I earned mean nothing to the vast majority of American citizens and only something to me. Those medals and $1.50 will get me a cup of coffee in this country or maybe a free beer. My biggest honor was to accept certain medals that I felt were on behalf of my men for without them, I would probably have just received one Purple Heart. Nobody I ever knew of asked to be given or awarded any medal.
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United States Army medals\nThe current active decorations of the United States Army as follows:\n\nDistinguished Service Cross\nDistinguished Service Medal\nSoldiers Medal\nArmy Commedation Medal\nArmy Achievment Medal\n\nGood Conduct Medals:\nArmy Good Conduct Medal\nArmy Reserve Components Achievement Medal\nGood Conduct Awards:\nArmy Good conduct Medal\nArmy Reserve Components Achievement Medal\n\nUnits Awards:\nPresidential Unit Citation\nValorous Unit Award\nMeritorious Unit Commendation\nSuperior Unit Award\n\nService Ribbons:\nNCO Professional Development Ribbon\nArmy Reserve Overseas Service Ribbon\nArmy Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon\nArmy Reserve Service Ribbon\n\nThe site under sources lists and show each ribbon. Yyou can also get info on each ribbon.
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It is very special and you should be very proud of your brother!  \n\n\nThe Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration and is the fourth-highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service.\n\nThe medal is awarded to a member of the military who, while serving in or with the military of the United States after December 6, 1941, distinguished him- or herself by heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving participation in aerial flight, while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.\n\nAwards may be made for acts of heroism, performed under circumstances described above, which are of lesser degree than required for the award of the Silver Star. Awards may also be made to recognize single acts of merit or meritorious service. The required achievement or service while of lesser degree than that required for the award of the Legion of Merit must nevertheless have been meritorious and accomplished with distinction.\n\nTo be eligible for the Bronze Star Medal, a military member must be getting hostile fire/imminent danger pay, during the event for which the medal is to be awarded.\n\nAs of 30 October 2000, the Bronze Star Medal may not be awarded to Department of the Army civilians.\n\nThe Bronze Star Medal is typically referred to by its full name (including the word "Medal") to differentiate the decoration from bronze service stars which are worn on campaign medals and service awards.
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The Medal of Honor is the highet military award of the United States of America, besotwed by the President of the United States on behalf of the Congress,  to Soldiers and Sailiors for Valor, Conspicious Acts of Galentry Above and Beyond the Call of Duty and in total disregard for their own personal Welfare.  It is sometimes called the Congressional Medal of Honor (not the true name).  It has often been awarded postumously (after death) for men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in the call for duty. \n\nSpecific Information about this high honor and achievment can be found on the worldwide web.  \n\nI have personally met two of these recipients and found it to be an honor and a privledge.  They were humble men quiet men who did not feel or say they had done something grand.    They wore the medal in respect for their comrades and both said, "This is your Medal, I wear for you and for our country" (talking to a military group). They felt they had done no more than any other person would have done in the same situation.