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- R. V. Jones Intelligence Award: Created by the CIA in 1993 to honour those whose accomplishments mirror in substance and style those of Reginald Victor Jones, to wit: "Scientific acumen applied with art in the cause of freedom"[1]
- Awards and emblems of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
- For Service in Military Intelligence[2]
- For Service in Military Intelligence in Airborne Troops
- Excellent in Military Intelligence
- Sam Adams Award. Awarded by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence to an intelligence professional who has taken a stand for integrity and ethics.[3]
- South African intelligence service decorations: Various awards[4]
The United States Intelligence Community is a group of separate United States government intelligence agencies and subordinate organizations, that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities to support the foreign policy and national security of the United States.
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| National Intelligence Medal of Achievement | For significant acts of service to the community as a whole. Replaced with the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal in 2012[5] |
| National Intelligence Cross | To United States government civilian or military personnel who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in response to a threat to national security[6] |
| National Intelligence Distinguished Public Service Medal | Individuals who rendered extraordinary service at considerable personal sacrifice and who were motivated by patriotism, good citizenship or a sense of public responsibility[7] |
| National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal | Any member or contributor to the National Intelligence Community, either civilian or military, who distinguishes themselves by meritorious actions to the betterment of national security in the United States of America, through sustained and selfless service of the highest order[8] |
| National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation | For the collective performance of a unit or group that has resulted in accomplishments of a clearly superior nature and of significant benefit to the Intelligence Community[9] |
| National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal | In recognition for creditable service or contributions to the Intelligence Community and the United States |
| National Intelligence Medal for Valor | To acknowledge the exceptional and unrecognized accomplishments of members of the Intelligence Community |
| National Intelligence Reform Medal | Recognizes extraordinary service in implementing the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act |
| National Intelligence Superior Service Medal | Recognizes an individual's superior service or a lasting contribution over a long period of time to the United States Intelligence Community and the United States as a whole |
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT)
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| Agency Seal Medal | Awarded by the CIA to non-Agency personnel, including U.S. Government employees and private citizens, who have made significant contributions to the Agency's intelligence efforts |
| Career Commendation Medal | For exemplary service significantly above normal duties that had an important contribution to the Agency's mission |
| Career Intelligence Medal | For a cumulative record of service which reflects exceptional achievements that substantially contributed to the mission of the Agency |
| Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal | For an individual's cumulative record of service reflecting a pattern of increasing levels of responsibility or increasingly strategic impact and with distinctly exceptional achievements that constitute a major contribution to the mission of the Agency |
| Distinguished Intelligence Cross | For a voluntary act or acts of extraordinary heroism involving the acceptance of existing dangers with conspicuous fortitude and exemplary courage |
| Distinguished Intelligence Medal | For performance of outstanding services or for achievement of a distinctly exceptional nature in a duty or responsibility |
| Exceptional Service Medallion | In recognition of an employee's injury or death resulting from service in a hazardous area |
| Hostile Action Service Medal | For direct exposure to a specific life-threatening incident in the foreign field or in the U.S. where the employee was in close proximity to death or injury, but survived and sustained no injuries |
| Intelligence Commendation Medal | For performance of especially commendable service or for an act or achievement significantly above normal duties which results in an important contribution to the mission of the Agency |
| Intelligence Medal of Merit | For performance of especially meritorious service or for achievement conspicuously above normal duties |
| Intelligence Star | For voluntary acts of courage performed under hazardous conditions or for outstanding achievements or services rendered with distinction under conditions of grave risk |
| Kathy Stewart Award | Honors an employee who reflects the highest standards of dedication to service, commitment to the rule of the law and genuine caring for others |
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- Honoring Two World War II Heroes, CIA, archived from the original on April 26, 2010, retrieved 2020-03-28
- "Order of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation of June 18, 1998 № 291" (in Russian). vedomstva-uniforma.ru. 2005. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
- Horton, Scott (September 21, 2007). "Sam Adams Award to Sam Provance". Harper's Magazine.
- "Director of Central Intelligence Directive 7/1 Intelligence Community Awards". Federation of American Scientists. 15 August 1993. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- "Intelligence Community Directive Number 655" (PDF). 9 February 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- "Senator Warner Awarded First National Intelligence Distinguished Public Service Medal" (PDF). Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 12 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2009.
- "National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal". The Institute of Heraldry. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
- "Intelligence Community Awards Ceremony" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency Electronic Reading Room. Central Intelligence Agency. 27 February 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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