the National Defense Service Medal is going back into retirement on Dec. 31. The award ― affectionately known as the “pizza stain,” which all troops serving since 9/11 have been able to pin ...

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 National Defense Service Medal, most recently available to service members to signify duty during the war on terrorism, is heading once again for retirement. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ...

the Defense Department has decided to halt conferral of the National Defense Service Medal, effective Dec. 31. Army Maj. Charlie Dietz, a Pentagon spokesman, said Wednesday that the authorization ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Seventy years after he should have received it, Rikio Izumi was awarded the National Defense Service Medal for serving in the Coast Guard. The award is given to every ...

A Kansas man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Wichita airport is a former Marine who was awarded the National Defense Service Medal. The Associated Press obtained the military ...