Homeland Security Distinguished Service Miltiary Ribbon

The Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal is a United States military award which is awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States by the United States Department of Homeland Security. The current version of the medal was established on March 1, 2002.

The decoration was originally established as the Transportation Distinguished
Service Medal by Executive Order 12824, signed by President George H.W.
Bush on December 7, 1992. On February 28, 2003, President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13286, which, among other things, replaced the Transportation version of the award with the Homeland Security version
retroactively to March 1, 2002. On April 5, 2011, President Barack Obama
amended Executive Order 12824, as amended, modifying the award eligibility
from "a member of the Coast Guard" to "any member of the Armed Forces of
the United States".

Authorized Devices: Gold Star