Army civilians are committed to selfless service in the performance of their duties as expressed in the Army Civilian Corps Creed. (See figure 3-2.) Figure 3-2. The Army civilian corps creed 3-23. The major role
Any buck private who tried to oversleep or do anything else that wasn't according to military procedure would be chewed out by his drill sergeant, with an unceremonious, “Hey, you ain't no civilian no more, mister—you're in the army now!” The phrase followed the soldiers home, and ...
the Order of Honour (2014), the Order of Friendship (2007), the Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (1997), as well as several medals and orders from the former Soviet Union.
Army-commissioned 1993 study looked into racial discrimination in awarding medals. Results from the study showed a number of Distinguished Service Cross recipients ought to be rightfully upgraded to receive the Medal of Honor. President Bill Clinton did so on Jan. 13, 1997, when he awarded the ...
When their patrols came under heavy fire the lightly armed Marines had only two choices: Fight it out with the insurgents on foot, or call in artillery and air strikes. The inevitable result was scores of Marines killed or wounded, and hundreds of civilian casualties. ...