10 USC § 1136 - Honorable service requirement for award of military decorations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1136"
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title: "10 USC § 1136 - Honorable service requirement for award of military decorations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1136"
section_name: "Honorable service requirement for award of military decorations"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "DECORATIONS AND AWARDS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 582(a)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1411.)"
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# § 1136. Honorable service requirement for award of military decorations

No military decoration, including a medal, cross, or bar, or an associated emblem or insignia, may be awarded or presented to any person, or to a representative of the person, if the service of the person after the person distinguished himself or herself has not been honorable.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 582(a)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1411.)