Posted on 09/22/2017 9:45:08 AM PDT by bimboeruption
Finding it in writing might be tough. My answer was based on my experience as a battalion personnel officer many decades ago. I’d guess it’s likely contained within the awards regulations but even that is a large & dense bit of verbiage so doing an online search might be daunting. I’ll take a quick stab at it to see if it’s even possible.
“Air Force would try to make theirs look bigger....compensating? ;)”
And they hand it out for making Eagle on the Par 5.
You would wear the rank you now hold, retired at or were discharged at. Otherwise, you would be out of uniform. It’s no different than for any other medal or award.
Soooo,
A while back I worked at the Pentagon for a few years.
Every three weeks I had to work night shift and during my lunch i often visited its, “Hall of Hero’s”.
In it there are the stories of each Medal of Honor recipient.
Lot of tears I shed there. Lot of remarkable stories.
Lot of Great Americans.
I dont know of any MOH recipients who would have a different uniform by the time the awards ceremony was held. Whatever rank you held at the time of the ceremony is what rank you would wear. BTW, no one “wins” the Medal of Honor. It is awarded, not won through some contest.
I don’t think the Air Force is the place to look for “larger ornaments.”
Yup.I've done a bit of reading and,for some reason,am particularly taken by the stories of the Navy Corpsmen which might be a bit unusual given that I'm former Army.
I just received this response from the Medal of Honor Society...
Good afternoon,
Medal of Honor recipients would wear whatever their current/last rank is to receive the Medal. This follows military protocol. Once someone attains a higher rank, the higher rank becomes their uniform. Wearing the lower rank would not make sense.
I hope this information helps,
Laura
Laura S. Jowdy, C.A.
Archivist
Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Mt. Pleasant, SC
843-884-8862
Sadly, so many MOH awards are posthumous. I have met two men who earned it and survived; one of whom I knew fairly well.
Thank you for your efforts T-Bird. I contacted the MOH Society site and they responded quickly.
The answer is the recipient wears the uniform of their current rank. I posted the response a few posts up.
You are 100% on the money, GreyFriar...I posted the response from the MOH Society...#28.
Thanks for helping me out.
Thank you for the link, Duncan. Yes, I see how the MOH Society refers to their current rank first and then their rank at the time of their valorous acts.
I appreciate you pointing that out to me.
You can see the response I received from the MOH Society at #28. You are right!
Bim,
You are most welcome. Glad to do it.
G-F
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