Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal

The decoration was originally established as the Transportation Distinguished Service Medal by {{ExecutiveOrder|12824}}, signed by President George H. W. Bush on December 7, 1992. On February 28, 2003, President George W. Bush signed {{ExecutiveOrder|13286}}, which, among other things, replaced the Transportation version of the award with the Homeland Security version retroactively to March 1, 2002. On April 5, 2011, President Barack Obama amended Executive Order 12824, as amended, modifying the award eligibility from "a member of the Coast Guard" to "any member of the Armed Forces of the United States".{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/05/executive-order-13569-amendments-executive-orders-12824-12835-12859-and- |title=Executive Order 13569--Amendments to Executive Orders 12824, 12835, 12859, and 13532, Reestablishment Pursuant to Executive Order 13498, and Revocation of Executive Order 13507 |date=5 April 2011 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=September 27, 2012}}

As a distinguished service medal, this decoration is one of the highest awards that can be bestowed upon a member of the U.S. Armed Forces.

The award would be worn after the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, and Coast Guard Cross and, for members of the Coast Guard, before the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and any of the service-specific Distinguished Service Medals from the other armed services. For members of all the other military services, the Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal is worn before the service-specific DSMs but after the Defense Distinguished Service Medal. The medal may be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States.

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• Admiral Thad W. Allen, first recipient in 2006 for his service in response to Hurricane Katrina, subsequent award in 2010 at the end of his term as Commandant of the Coast Guard{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/10/AR2006051002081.html |newspaper=Washington Post |title=Honoring Those Who Went Above and Beyond During Katrina |last1=Barr |first1=Stephen |date=May 11, 2006 |access-date=September 27, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/05/coastguard_allen_papp_change_command_052510w/ |title=Oil spill overshadows CG change of command |publisher=Navy Times |date=25 May 2010 |last1=Schept |first1=Susan |access-date=September 27, 2012}}
• Admiral Thomas H. Collins, in 2006 at the end of his term as Commandant of the Coast Guard{{cite web |url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/192719-1 |title=Coast Guard Change of Command Ceremony |date=25 May 2006 |publisher=C-SPAN Video Library |access-date=September 27, 2012}}
• Vice Admiral Vivien Crea, in 2009 at the end of her term as Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/uscgpress/3798936670/ |title=U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano congratulates Coast Guard Vice Adm. Vivien Crea for a job well done during the Coast Guard Vice Commandant Change of Watch Ceremony at Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command. |date=7 August 2009 |publisher=USCG Press |access-date=September 27, 2012}}
• General Craig R. McKinley, in 2012 at the end of his tenure as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gov/photoessays/photoessayss.aspx?id=3145 |title=Panetta hosts Chief Change for National Guard Bureau |publisher=U.S. Department of Defense |access-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415105908/http://www.defense.gov/photoessays/photoessayss.aspx?id=3145 |archive-date=April 15, 2013 }}
• Admiral Charles D. Michel, in 2018 at the end of his term as Vice-Commandant of the Coast Guard{{cite news |last=Headquarters Public Affairs |date=May 24, 2018 |title=Photo Release: US Coast Guard welcomes new vice commandant |url=https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/1f1d550 |work=U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters |location=Washington, DC}}
• Admiral Robert J. Papp, in 2014 at the end of his term as Commandant of the Coast Guard{{cite web |url=https://www.norwichrotaryevents.org/adm-robert-papp-jr-2005-norwich-native-son/ |title=Adm. Robert Papp Jr. – 2005 Norwich Native Son |last=Cooney |first=Mike |date=October 23, 2018 |website=Norwich Native Son-Daughter |publisher=Rotary Club of Norwich |location=Norwich, CT}}
• Vice Admiral David Pekoske, in 2010 at the end of his term as Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard{{cite web|last=Wadlow|first=PO1 Kip|title=Vice Commandant Change of Watch [Image 2 of 5]|url=http://www.dvidshub.net/image/282507/vice-commandant-change-watch#.Ut2WOftMFp8|publisher=US Coast Guard Atlantic Area|access-date=20 January 2014}}
• Admiral Karl L. Schultz, in 2022 at the end of his term as Commandant of the Coast Guard{{cite news |author=My CG Staff |date=June 1, 2022 |title='It's about time': Biden instates first woman service chief during historic change of command |url=https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/3049729/its-about-time-biden-instates-first-woman-service-chief-during-historic-change/ |work=My CG |publisher=United States Coast Guard |location=Washington, DC |access-date=March 24, 2023}}
• Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, in 2011 for his service in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill[https://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/docs/VADM_Zukunft_bio.pdf Biography of Vice Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Pacific Area Commander, Coast Guard Defense Force West], last accessed 4 May 2015 and in 2018 at the end of his term as Commandant of the Coast Guard{{cite news |last=Sherbs |first=Diana |date=June 1, 2018 |title=U.S. Coast Guard welcomes new commandant |url=https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2018/06/u-s-coast-guard-welcomes-new-commandant/ |work=Coast Guard Compass |location=Washington, DC |access-date=September 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506071110/https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2018/06/u-s-coast-guard-welcomes-new-commandant/ |url-status=dead }}

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