During the Bosnian war, he served in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and received the Golden Lily — the highest military decoration awarded by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian government.
V priebehu bosnianskej vojny slúžil Komšić v Armáde Republiky Bosna a Hercegovina a dostal Zlatú ľaliu - najvyššie vojenské vyznamenanie udeľované bosniansku vládou.