Army Staff Identification Badge SBBA~Double~11255DBR Department of Defense Distinguished Service

Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal

Enlistment bars displaying the period of time for which the award was presented were used until 1953 when subsequent awards became denoted by Service Stars worn on the award medal

1973 to include injuries received as a result of an international terrorist attack against the U

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Army Staff Identification Badge SBBA~Double~11255DBR Department of Defense Distinguished ServiceUnited States Army Staff Identification Badge Criteria: Awarded to U. S. Army personnel who have served one year as members of the Army General Staff. Authorized for both officers and enlisted personnel, the staff identification badge is considered a permanent decoration for wear subsequent to service with the General Staff. First proposed in 1931 by General Douglas MacArthur, the decoration became authorized by the United States War Department in