The National Defense Service Medal, awarded to all troops who have served since 9/11, won't be awarded after Dec. 31. (Defense Department) Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is no plan to retire the National Defense Service Medal, or NDSM, the military's most common decoration, even after U.S. troops pull out of Afghanistan later this month. "The NDSM is ...