The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is a militarydecoration of the United States Department of Defense,which is presented to United States Armed Forces service members forexceptionally distinguished performance of duty contributing to the nationalsecurity or defense of the United States. The medal was created on July 9,1970, by President Richard Nixon in ExecutiveOrder 11545. President Nixon awarded the firstmedal, on the day the Executive Order was signed, to General Earle Wheeler,who was retiring from the US Army after serving as Chief of Staff of the United StatesArmy and then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
It is equivalent to the United States Department of HomelandSecurity's Homeland Security DistinguishedService Medal.
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