Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service

The Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service is the second highest award presented by the Secretary of Defense to non-career Federal employees, private citizens, and foreign nationals for contributions, assistance, or support to Department of Defense functions that are extensive enough to warrant recognition, but are lesser in scope and impact than is required for the DoD Medal for Distinguished Public Service. The Secretary of Defense is the approval authority. This award consists of a silver medal, a miniature medal, a rosette, and a citation signed by the Secretary of Defense. An individual may receive this award more than once. Subsequent awards consist of the foregoing recognition devices and a bronze, silver, or gold palm, as appropriate.^[1]

Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service
Type	Civilian public service award
Awarded for	“Demonstration of outstanding service of significance to the Department of Defense involving personal sacrifice and inconvenience in the performance or assistance of such service; and motivation by patriotism, good citizenship, and a sense of public responsibility”
Country	United States
Presented by	Secretary of Defense
Eligibility	Non-career Federal employees, private citizens, and foreign nationals.
Status	Currently awarded
Ribbon bar of the medal
Precedence
Next (higher)	Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
Next (lower)	Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service

Notable recipients

• David S. Alberts
• Richard Armitage
• David J. Barron^[2]
• Steven G. Bradbury^[3]
• Carl Brashear
• Laura Bush
• Hillary Clinton
• Natalie Crawford
• Gloria C. Duffy
• Michele Flournoy
• Brett Giroir
• Robert L. Gordon III
• Mariusz Handzlik
• William A. Jeffrey
• Deborah Lee James
• Jill Kelley
• Zalmay Khalilzad
• Jacques Paul Klein
• Zachary J. Lemnios
• MITRE Corporation
• Michael P. Mulroy
• Walter Oi
• Elissa Slotkin
• James B. Thayer
• J. Glenn Morris
• Thomas Mooney

See also

• Awards and decorations of the United States government