Housey received a Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device for his actions. "Sgt. 1st Class Housey performed admirably. He is the epitome of a noncommissioned officer, he is always thinking of his ...

Medal policy on the Bronze Star has been criticized for ... the services have had slightly different definitions for the Bronze Star and the "V" device. "In the Army, the 'V' meant valor ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Four former U.S. Army Soldiers recently received the Bronze Star Medal with “V” device, or BSM(V), for their valorous actions in Panama 34 years ago. Previously awarded ...

This also applies to the Legion of Merit, which was previously eligible for a “V” device in the Navy. According to Military Times, the policy also tightens criteria for Bronze Star medals ...

The retired Army staff sergeant, now 69, hobbled into the post office on crutches anxiously looking for his long overdue Bronze Star Medal with “V” device for his acts of valor in a battle ...

A retired New York Army National Guard soldier received the Bronze Star Medal with “V’ device last week in recognition of his heroic actions 20 years ago in Iraq. Maj. Gen. Ray Shields ...

A Bronze Star medal like the two awarded ... incident of heroism on the battlefield — where a “V” device for valor is added to the medal — or for meritorious service over an extended ...

On April 2, 2003, Weimer, a sergeant first class at the time, received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star medal with "V" device for valor while serving as an assault team member and team breaching ...

A retired soldier from Averill Park finally received a belated Bronze Star Medal with V device for valor in battle. Retired New York Army National Guard Master Sgt. Luis Barsallo received the ...

Most recently, Marine Sgt. Wyatt Wilson received the Bronze Star Medal with a “V” device for valor after saving another Marine’s life when a suicide bomber attacked Hamid Karzai ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Lieutenant junior grade William J. Collins, Jr. was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat Distinguished Device for meritorious service in connection to his ...