Military experts say there is a mistaken belief among much of the American public that the Bronze Star is a rarefied award exclusively for battlefield heroics, which has distorted and inflated its ...

The governor's office confirmed that a private ceremony to award the Bronze Star was held Friday at the governor's residence in Annapolis, Maryland.

Wes Moore after he received the bronze star medal.(Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) The governor said in a statement at the time that he had mentioned the award based on instructions ...

Yet the award paperwork never went through ... The New York Times reported in August that Moore had prematurely claimed the Bronze Star on the fellowship application. Fenzel said Friday that ...

Yet the award paperwork never went through ... The New York Times reported in August that Moore had prematurely claimed the Bronze Star on the fellowship application. Fenzel said Friday that ...

He said, however, that his deputy brigade commander had recommended him for the Bronze Star — and told him to include the award on his application “after confirming with two other senior-level ...

Wes Moore received a Bronze Star on Friday evening for his military ... incorrectly claiming 18 years ago that he had received the award. Friday’s private ceremony was held at the governor ...