The medal is attached by a short blue ribbon that sits on the collar of the recipient and, according to the American Battlefield Trust, it is the only American military decoration to be worn in ...

Sometimes, it is the little things that mark big changes. In this case, a bit of red, yellow, blue and white cloth that just about everyone who has been in the U.S. military since 2001 has ...

The Medal of Honor is the highest military award ... While all three feature a five-point star hung from a blue neck ribbon, each features a different centerpiece. The Army and Air Force variants ...

It also, according to military tradition, determines the order in which they are displayed on a service ribbon rack. Some of these medals are only issued to one branch while others are issued to ...