The V device worn on Army Commendation Medal and other awards, stands for 'valor.' Joining the V are two new devices: the 'C' and 'R' devices, where C denotes 'combat' and the R means 'remote.' ...

Cpl. Helen Ruhl wears the Bronze Star Medal with Valor during an award ceremony at Fort Carson, Colo. on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. The Fort Carson medic earned the medal for actions she took ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- The V device worn on Army Commendation Medal and other awards, stands for "valor." The device was authorized decades ago for wear on Army ribbons.

U.S. Air Force Col. Frances Dixon, (left), Commander of the 914th Air Refueling Wing Maintenance Squadron, presents the Air and Space Commendation Medal to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steve Skelton ...

Humphrey served in the Air Force from 1981 to 2001 and has earned the Air Force Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the National Defense Service Medal, Flores said.

The U.S. Air Force has bestowed posthumous awards upon each of the eight airmen who died Nov. 29 when their CV-22B Osprey crashed off Japan’s southwestern coast. The tiltrotor — assigned to ...