Hoʻohana ka United States Army i nā hōʻailona a me nā mea hoʻonani (nā medal a me nā lipon) no ka hoʻouluʻana i kaʻoihana mīkini ma ka hoʻomaopopoʻana i ka hilinaʻi o nā pūʻali koa o ka ikaika a hoʻonāukiuki iā lākou i ka kiʻekiʻe a me ka lawelawe.
Hōʻike haʻaheoʻo ia ma ka umauma o ka koa, nā makana, nā liʻikuʻi, nā mekala, a me nā pahu a pau e hōʻike ana i kahi papa inoa lōʻihi loa o nā hana no ka hana piliʻole i ke kaua me ka ikaika i ka hakakā.
ʻO nā mekala mua a me nā huapalapala i hoʻopukaʻia i nā koa koa i ka wā o ke Kaua Kivila. He mau hōʻailona kūponoʻole i hāʻawiʻia e nā luna hoʻokahi. ʻO ka hōʻike mua i kauʻia ma ka pūʻali koaʻo ka Congressional Medal of Honor. ʻO ka mekala kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa o ka Congressional Medal of Honor.
ʻAʻole e hāʻawi a hāʻawiʻia kekahi medal i kekahi mea nona ka lawelawe a pau ma hope o ka manawa o kaʻoihana hanohano, paʻakikī, aʻoihana paha i mahaloʻoleʻia. ʻO ka hoʻoholoʻana o ka "hanohano" e kauʻia ma luna o iaʻano lawelawe kūpaʻa a me ka pololei e like me nā kūlana o ke kūlana, ka ikaika, a me ka hana i koiʻia e ke kānāwai a me nā loina o ka lawelaweʻana i kekahi lālā o ka papa i hāʻawiʻia i ka papahana.
Nā hōʻike a me nā hōʻike pākahi
ʻO ka loina maikaʻi kahi wale nō o ka Pūʻali koa o nā lawelawe a pau e hoʻokaʻawale i nā'ōlelo a me nā hōʻailona o kēlā me kēiaʻano. Ke kū i mua o kekahi koa, e hōʻikeʻia nā hōʻailona, medal, a me nā inoa a kēlā kanaka i loaʻa ma kou'ākau (kona hema)ʻaoʻao o ka umauma.
E kau ana nā hōʻai'ē a me nā helu i kāuʻaoʻao hema (ma kona'ākau) o ka pahu, ma luna aʻe o ka inoa inoa. Hoʻopiliʻia nā hōʻai'ē pūnaewele i loko o ke kāʻei gula e kāʻei ana i ka pepena.
Nā Haʻawa Kūlohelohe e wehewehe ana i nā mea hoʻolaha Medal
Ua'ōlelo pinepineʻiaʻo ia me kaʻikeʻole, e nā kānaka kīwila ka meaʻoi aku ka mea lawelawe i ka "lanakila i ka medal hanohano," aiʻole he "medal no ka lanakila lanakila." Pono e hoʻomaopopoʻiaʻaʻoleʻaʻohe mea e "lanakila" i ka medal, nā kāne lawelawe a me nā wāhine i loaʻa kekahi medal a ua inoa mau loaʻiaʻo ia ma keʻano he mea lawe i kēlā mekala. No ka laʻana, 'aʻole "e lanakila i ka Star Star," hoʻokahi kekahi mea loaʻa "Star Star" aiʻole "ua loaʻa" he Star Star.
Hōʻikeʻia nā mea hoʻonani i lalo nei i keʻano o ke kūlana.
E kaomi i nā hoʻonani i lalo nei no ke kiʻi kiko'ī, ka weheweheʻana, a me nā kulekele hoʻohālike papahana:
Uaʻaeʻia nā hōʻailona a me nā mea hoʻohanohano e pili ana i nā pūʻali koa e like me ke kuhikuhiʻana ma loko o ka OpeʻOihana 600-8-22.
E loaʻa nā hōʻailona no ke kāhiko ponoʻana o nā hōʻailona a me nā mea hoʻonani a nā koa i loko o ka Māhele Koa 670-1, Wear a me keʻano o nā Uniform Army .