Sounds more like CMoH territory. Is Navy Cross enough?
Is Navy Cross the 2nd highest award for valor? My basic understanding is the MoH is for going beyond your duty. You can definitely say standing there and stopping that truck knowing you’re most likely going to die is going beyond your duty but someone also assigned you that duty.
Jumping on a grenade like Ross McGinnis was going beyond and it was certain death while saving his teammates. If I’m not mistaken, the battle drill for this was to yell grenade and everyone jumps out.
Sounds more like CMoH territory. Is Navy Cross enough?
Is Navy Cross the 2nd highest award for valor? My basic understanding is the MoH is for going beyond your duty. You can definitely say standing there and stopping that truck knowing you’re most likely going to die is going beyond your duty but someone also assigned you that duty.
Jumping on a grenade like Ross McGinnis was going beyond and it was certain death while saving his teammates. If I’m not mistaken, the battle drill for this was to yell grenade and everyone jumps out.
Yes, Nany Cross is second only to Medal of Honor. Seems you are correct @CFetters_Nacho_Lover...extraordinary heroism, but not necessarily the above and beyond that call of duty.
Medal of Honor - The requirements for the Medal of Honor were standardized among all the services, requiring that a recipient had "distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
Navy Cross - The Navy Cross may be awarded to any member of the U.S. Armed Forces while serving with the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard (when a part of the Department of the Navy) who distinguishes themselves in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the Medal of Honor.
The act(s) to be commended must be performed in the presence of great danger, or at great personal risk, and must be performed in such a manner as to render the individual's action(s) highly conspicuous among others of equal grade, rate, experience, or position of responsibility.
Silver Star which Grandpa @YellowSnow got is 3rd after the above two.
The Silver Star Medal is awarded for gallantry, so long as the action does not justify the award of one of the next higher valor awards: the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross, or the Coast Guard Cross.[8] The gallantry displayed must have taken place while in 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.
Sounds more like CMoH territory. Is Navy Cross enough?
Is Navy Cross the 2nd highest award for valor? My basic understanding is the MoH is for going beyond your duty. You can definitely say standing there and stopping that truck knowing you’re most likely going to die is going beyond your duty but someone also assigned you that duty.
Jumping on a grenade like Ross McGinnis was going beyond and it was certain death while saving his teammates. If I’m not mistaken, the battle drill for this was to yell grenade and everyone jumps out.
Yes, Nany Cross is second only to Medal of Honor. Seems you are correct @CFetters_Nacho_Lover...extraordinary heroism, but not necessarily the above and beyond that call of duty.
Medal of Honor - The requirements for the Medal of Honor were standardized among all the services, requiring that a recipient had "distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
Navy Cross - The Navy Cross may be awarded to any member of the U.S. Armed Forces while serving with the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard (when a part of the Department of the Navy) who distinguishes themselves in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the Medal of Honor.
The act(s) to be commended must be performed in the presence of great danger, or at great personal risk, and must be performed in such a manner as to render the individual's action(s) highly conspicuous among others of equal grade, rate, experience, or position of responsibility.
Silver Star which Grandpa @YellowSnow got is 3rd after the above two.
The Silver Star Medal is awarded for gallantry, so long as the action does not justify the award of one of the next higher valor awards: the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross, or the Coast Guard Cross.[8] The gallantry displayed must have taken place while in 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.
I think the Silver Star is equivalent to the Navy Cross or there’s an Army equivalent that’s above the Silver Star.
Sounds more like CMoH territory. Is Navy Cross enough?
Is Navy Cross the 2nd highest award for valor? My basic understanding is the MoH is for going beyond your duty. You can definitely say standing there and stopping that truck knowing you’re most likely going to die is going beyond your duty but someone also assigned you that duty.
Jumping on a grenade like Ross McGinnis was going beyond and it was certain death while saving his teammates. If I’m not mistaken, the battle drill for this was to yell grenade and everyone jumps out.
Yes, Nany Cross is second only to Medal of Honor. Seems you are correct @CFetters_Nacho_Lover...extraordinary heroism, but not necessarily the above and beyond that call of duty.
Medal of Honor - The requirements for the Medal of Honor were standardized among all the services, requiring that a recipient had "distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
Navy Cross - The Navy Cross may be awarded to any member of the U.S. Armed Forces while serving with the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard (when a part of the Department of the Navy) who distinguishes themselves in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the Medal of Honor.
The act(s) to be commended must be performed in the presence of great danger, or at great personal risk, and must be performed in such a manner as to render the individual's action(s) highly conspicuous among others of equal grade, rate, experience, or position of responsibility.
Silver Star which Grandpa @YellowSnow got is 3rd after the above two.
The Silver Star Medal is awarded for gallantry, so long as the action does not justify the award of one of the next higher valor awards: the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross, or the Coast Guard Cross.[8] The gallantry displayed must have taken place while in 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.
I think the Silver Star is equivalent to the Navy Cross or there’s an Army equivalent that’s above the Silver Star.
Sounds more like CMoH territory. Is Navy Cross enough?
Is Navy Cross the 2nd highest award for valor? My basic understanding is the MoH is for going beyond your duty. You can definitely say standing there and stopping that truck knowing you’re most likely going to die is going beyond your duty but someone also assigned you that duty.
Jumping on a grenade like Ross McGinnis was going beyond and it was certain death while saving his teammates. If I’m not mistaken, the battle drill for this was to yell grenade and everyone jumps out.
Yes, Nany Cross is second only to Medal of Honor. Seems you are correct @CFetters_Nacho_Lover...extraordinary heroism, but not necessarily the above and beyond that call of duty.
Medal of Honor - The requirements for the Medal of Honor were standardized among all the services, requiring that a recipient had "distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
Navy Cross - The Navy Cross may be awarded to any member of the U.S. Armed Forces while serving with the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard (when a part of the Department of the Navy) who distinguishes themselves in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the Medal of Honor.
The act(s) to be commended must be performed in the presence of great danger, or at great personal risk, and must be performed in such a manner as to render the individual's action(s) highly conspicuous among others of equal grade, rate, experience, or position of responsibility.
Silver Star which Grandpa @YellowSnow got is 3rd after the above two.
The Silver Star Medal is awarded for gallantry, so long as the action does not justify the award of one of the next higher valor awards: the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross, or the Coast Guard Cross.[8] The gallantry displayed must have taken place while in 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.
I think the Silver Star is equivalent to the Navy Cross or there’s an Army equivalent that’s above the Silver Star.
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Jumping on a grenade like Ross McGinnis was going beyond and it was certain death while saving his teammates. If I’m not mistaken, the battle drill for this was to yell grenade and everyone jumps out.
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Medal of Honor - The requirements for the Medal of Honor were standardized among all the services, requiring that a recipient had "distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
Navy Cross - The Navy Cross may be awarded to any member of the U.S. Armed Forces while serving with the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard (when a part of the Department of the Navy) who distinguishes themselves in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the Medal of Honor.
The act(s) to be commended must be performed in the presence of great danger, or at great personal risk, and must be performed in such a manner as to render the individual's action(s) highly conspicuous among others of equal grade, rate, experience, or position of responsibility.
Silver Star which Grandpa @YellowSnow got is 3rd after the above two.
The Silver Star Medal is awarded for gallantry, so long as the action does not justify the award of one of the next higher valor awards: the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross, or the Coast Guard Cross.[8] The gallantry displayed must have taken place while in 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.