Maryland Gov. Wes Moore received a Bronze Star for his deployment to Afghanistan 18 years ago, several months after a controversy arose when a newspaper reported he had claimed to have received it on ...

Moore, a veteran of the Army Reserves, served a deployment to Afghanistan in 2005 and 2006, and his supervisor nominated him ...

Pete Hegseth’s supporters point to his wartime decorations in declaring him qualified to lead the military. Experts say that ...

Military experts say there is a mistaken belief among much of the American public that the Bronze Star is ... decoration he received, the National Defense Service Medal, was given to service ...

A Bronze Star ... defense secretary, is a recognition of a specific incident of heroism on the battlefield — where a “V” device for valor is added to the medal — or for meritorious service ...