# Talk:Medal of Honor

It appears this article is missing a description of the process?  "Process" and "nomination" are only mentioned opaquely in the "Late" section as far as I could see.  Who nominates, who recommends, does a committee (board), do several committees do it, does it go up the chain to the SecDef and then Pres, or congress, etc. (and is the pres the final decision maker, does he always go along with the nom)?  Most of that belongs in the article in a clear easily findable fashion near the top.  (if it has changed over time, at least put in the current process indicating current) Thanks. Alanscottwalker (talk) 15:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

I added a paragraph on the process under the "evolution of criteria" header. The Army's processing is the most transparent based on several public sources, so that's what I used for the most part, but the pathway for other services could be expanded. Foxtrot5151 (talk) 20:18, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed the following:

The "Evolution of criteria" and "Revocation" sections have long bullet point paragraphs that is difficult to read, especially on mobile. These should be broken up with headings, summarised and trimmed of excess detail, and split into paragraphs.
I removed the bullets and created headings, but some summarizing may still be desired.Foxtrot5151 (talk) 20:08, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

There is an "outdated" orange banner at the top of the "Legal protection" section
Removed and clarified. Foxtrot5151 (talk) 19:55, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

There are external links in the "Authority and privileges". Instead, this section should use prose to describe the information.
Added the actual text. Not all of it is the same--the coast guard statute is different.Foxtrot5151 (talk) 20:58, 27 August 2025 (UTC) 

There is some uncited text in the article.
Have added citations for nearly all uncited claims.Foxtrot5151 (talk) 20:55, 18 September 2025 (UTC)
Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 02:02, 10 July 2025 (UTC)


### Medal of Honor
The Army, Navy and Air Force Medal of Honor awards are separate awards. They all might have the same name but suggesting they are variants of the same award is misleading. Each award has its own legislation, design and between 1896 and the 1944 different ribbons. However, each service medal has a different history with different criteria for awards from the Civil War to 1963. A car with three variants is not similar to an idea implemented in three different ways. Anthony Staunton (talk) 10:33, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

I don't disagree, at least when discussing the awards in the past (pre-1947, and even pre-1963 when the criteria were largely standardized). I think the article mentions this already in passing, but perhaps could receive more emphasis up front? For example, the second introductory paragraph could include something after saying the different service awards are variants of the same decoration (today), such as "The Medal of Honor in the nineteenth century was not a unitary decoration; medals were approved at either the War or Navy Department level and were awarded based on materially different criteria." Foxtrot5151 (talk) 16:55, 20 October 2025 (UTC)