Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.22.2022
On August 26, 1966, Sgt. 1st Class Donald L. Lehew, an intelligence sergeant with Detachment A-430, 5th Special Forces (Airborne), earned a Distinguished Service Cross for actions in battle on Phu Quoc Island, South Vietnam....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry | Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs | 07.22.2019
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry
Story by Capt. Veronica Aguila | United States Army Special Operations Command | 06.27.2019
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Retired Capt. Christopher C. Palumbo received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) during a ceremony at John F. Kennedy Hall, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, June 27, 2019. The Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. James C. McConville, presented the award to Palumbo for his heroic actions April 11, 2005, while serving as a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot in Afghanistan....
Story by Sgt. Jerod Hathaway | 27th Public Affairs Detachment | 06.08.2019
Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, a 10th Mountain Soldier who gave his life shielding Polish Army Lieutenant Karol Cierpica from a suicide bomber while deployed to Afghanistan in 2013, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. James McConville, during a ceremony on Staten Island, New York June 8....
Story by Patrecia Geistfeld | Fort Riley Public Affairs Office | 03.28.2019
One never knows how they will respond when faced with incredible violence and destruction as death stares them in the eye. Throughout the Army’s history, many Soldiers have risen above their own survival instinct to aid others. But few have reached the point of heroism worthy of the Distinguished Service Cross....
Story by Capt. Scott Kuhn | 1st Cavalry Division | 03.20.2019
Sgt. (R) Daniel Cowart was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest medal for valor, during a ceremony conducted March 20 on Fort Hood....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 03.12.2019
Soldiers of the Ohio National Guard’s 37th Infantry Division defended the Island of Bougainville from Japanese army attack during the Battle of Hill 700, March 8-12, 1944. What had been a relatively quiet and routine defensive operation turned into some of the bloodiest and most fiercely fought days the Buckeyes saw in their nearly 600 days in combat during World War II....
Story by Capt. Scott Kuhn | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 03.11.2019
It was maintenance day that Sunday May 13, 2007 in Samara, Iraq. Just another day for the Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. For Sgt. Daniel Cowart and 1st Platoon, Delta Co. there was plenty to do to get the vehicles and weapons ready for the week ahead. Late that morning they got a call from a sister platoon in need of a repair part. It was easier for the......
