Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service information
Award
Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
Obverse and reverse of the medal
Type
Civilian public service award
Awarded for
Exceptionally distinguished service of significance to a DoD Component or function, or Department of Defense as a whole.
Country
United States
Presented by
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Eligibility
Non-career federal employees, private citizens, and foreign nationals.
Established
1947
Ribbon bar of the medal
Precedence
Next (lower)
Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service
The Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service is the highest award that is presented by the Secretary of Defense, to a private citizen, politician, non-career federal employee, or foreign national. It is presented for exceptionally distinguished service of significance to the Department of Defense as a whole, or a DoD Component or function, where recognition at the component level would not be sufficient for the service rendered.[1]
^"Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service" (PDF). Office of the Secretary of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
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