Notable Recipients
- Vice Admiral David Architzel, Navy
- Colonel Curtis Brown, Air Force
- Captain Daniel Christopher Burbank, Coast Guard
- Vice Admiral Nancy Elizabeth Brown, Navy
- General Michael P.C. Carns, Air Force
- Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Clifford, Army
- Brigadier General Jesse Cross, Army
- Doctor Stephen E. Cross
- Brigadier General Susan Y. Desjardins, Air Force
- Colonel Patrick G. Forrester, Army
- Lieutenant General Walter E. Gaskin, Marine Corps
- Sergeant Major of the Army Julius W. Gates, Army
- Lieutenant General John F. Goodman, Marine Corps
- Lieutenant General Frank Gorenc, Air Force
- Major General Wendell L. Griffin, Air Force
- Sergeant Major of the Army Robert E. Hall, Army
- Brigadier General Rebecca S. Halstead, Army
- General Carter Ham, Army
- Vice Admiral Harry Harris, Navy
- Lieutenant General Robert C. Hinson, Air Force
- General Donald J. Hoffman, Air Force
- Admiral Jonathan Howe, Navy
- General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., Army
- Major General Rodney P. Kelly, Air Force
- Lieutenant General Frank Klotz, Air Force
- Colonel W. Patrick Lang
- Colonel Mark C. Lee, Air Force, NASA astronaut
- Admiral Michael Mullen, Navy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- General Peter Pace, Marine Corps, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- General David Petraeus, Army
- General Colin Powell, Army
- Brigadier General John W. Raymond, Air Force
- Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau, Navy
- Vice Admiral Joe Sestak, Navy
- Rear Admiral Jacob L. Shuford, Navy
- Brigadier General Donald B. Smith, Army
- Rear Admiral Joseph C. Strasser, Navy
- Lieutenant General David P. Valcourt, Army
- Colonel James Voss, Army, NASA astronaut
- Rear Admiral Edward F. Welch, Jr., Navy
- Lieutenant General Frances C. Wilson, Marine Corps
- Vice Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., Navy
- Vice Admiral James P. Wisecup, U.S. Navy
- Major General Walter H. Yates, Jr., Army
- General Anthony Zinni, Marine Corps
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