10 U.S.C. § 8296 — Navy and Marine Corps Medal
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(a) The President may award an appropriately designed “Navy and Marine Corps Medal,” with its ribbon and a replacement rosette or other device, (1) to a Navy or Marine Corps person who shows heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy, or (2) to a person who received a Secretary of the Navy letter of commendation for heroism before August 7, 1942, and applies for the medal, regardless of when the heroic act occurred. (b) This authority includes awarding the medal to a Ready Reserve member who was not in the duty status defined in § 101(d) when the member showed heroism.
(a) The President may award an appropriately designed “Navy and Marine Corps Medal,” with its ribbon and a replacement rosette or other device, (1) to a Navy or Marine Corps person who shows heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy, or (2) to a person who received a Secretary of the Navy letter of commendation for heroism before August 7, 1942, and applies for the medal, regardless of when the heroic act occurred. (b) This authority includes awarding the medal to a Ready Reserve member who was not in the duty status defined in § 101(d) when the member showed heroism.
The President may award a medal called the “Navy and Marine Corps Medal” of appropriate design with accompanying ribbon, together with a rosette or other device to be worn in place thereof—
to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Navy or the Marine Corps, distinguishes himself by heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy; or
to any person to whom the Secretary of the Navy, before August 7, 1942, awarded a letter of commendation for heroism, and who applies for that medal, regardless of the date of the act of heroism.
The authority in subsection (a) includes authority to award the medal to a member of the Ready Reserve who was not in a duty status defined in section 101(d) of this title when the member distinguished himself by heroism.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390, § 6246; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 574(b), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1758; renumbered § 8296, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 1997Amended · Pub. L. 105-85 · 111 Stat. 1758
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1836
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