{"id":12421,"date":"2016-01-06T20:23:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T20:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2016\/01\/06\/dod-rejects-nintendo-medal-for-uas-pilots-and-cyber-warriors\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:33:45","slug":"dod-rejects-nintendo-medal-for-uas-pilots-and-cyber-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2016\/01\/06\/dod-rejects-nintendo-medal-for-uas-pilots-and-cyber-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD rejects &#8216;Nintendo medal&#8217; for UAS pilots and cyber warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Pentagon has firmly rejected the idea of giving unmanned systems<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">\u00a0drone<\/span> pilots and cyber warriors their own medal, and instead will offer a new &#8220;R&#8221; device to pin on existing noncombat medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a two-year review of the once-controversial issue, defense officials decided that creating such a device that may be affixed to noncombat performance awards is sufficient to &#8220;specifically recognize remote but direct impact on combat operations,&#8221; according to a memo obtained by Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memo added that a common definition of &#8220;direct impact on combat operations&#8221; should be devised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to sign the memo later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The small pin denoting the letter essentially is the successor to the short-lived Distinguished Warfare Medal, derisively known as the &#8220;Nintendo medal,&#8221; that was fraught with controversy and Pentagon politics from its inception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was first unveiled as a way to honor troops who are directly involved in combat operations, but are not physically in theater and facing the physical risks that warfare historically entails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combat veterans were outraged by the new medal&#8217;s rank in the official &#8220;Order of Precedence&#8221; above the Bronze Star, which honors ground troops for specific acts of heroism performed under fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"542\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635876869970470439-dwmjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635876869970470439-dwmjpg.jpg 640w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635876869970470439-dwmjpg.jpg?resize=300,254 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>The Distinguished Warfare Medal, approved by former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta near the end of his tenure in 2013 to recognize drone pilots and cyberwarriors who remotely impact combat operations, existed for only a few weeks before his successor, Chuck Hagel, killed it. 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