{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-8293","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 8293","heading":"Distinguished-service medal","body":"The President may award a distinguished-service medal of appropriate design and a ribbon, together with a rosette or other device to be worn in place thereof, to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Navy or the Marine Corps, distinguishes himself by exceptionally meritorious service to the United States in a duty of great responsibility.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 837—DECORATIONS AND AWARDS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"1c1e27b1128c3d662451ad992c5c03cd84b95c8f08f2cec842632dc7ec2d0de9","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-8292","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-8294"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}