Presidential Service Badge

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caption2=The Presidential Service Badge is a badge of the United States military issued to military members who serve as full-time military staff to the President of the United States. Such personnel are stationed at the White House and should not be confused with the senior military officers of the United States Department of Defense who advise the President but are not assigned as direct Presidential aides. Each badge is produced for and issued to a particular individual, and is stamped with a unique serial number.

Executive Order 10879 of June 1, 1960 was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower establishing a White House Service Badge. President Lyndon B. Johnson retired the White House Service Badge and issued a separate Presidential Service Badge by signing Executive Order 11174 on Sept. 1, 1964.

Typical recipients include:
* military aides to the President appointed from each of the military services
* White House military public affairs officers
* White House Communications Agency (WHCA), which supports Presidential communications worldwide
* White House Transportation Agency (WHTA), which provides motor vehicle transportation to the White House as directed by the White House Military Office,
* Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1) who fly Marine One
* Marines assigned to the Marine Security Company at Camp David.
* Emergency War Officer, an officer of pay-grade O-4 or above, who shadows the President at all times with a briefcase, known as "The Football", that contains the launch codes to the American nuclear weapons arsenal.

The Presidential Service Badge, or "PSB" as it is called by those who receive it, is awarded only after one year of service in one of the positions listed above. When presented, it is accompanied by a certificate and miniature lapel version. Each PSB is individually serial numbered.

Subsequent to White House service, the Presidential Service Badge is authorized for continued wear on a military uniform and is entered in military service records as a permanent decoration. A similar badge exists, known as the Vice Presidential Service Badge, for those military personnel assigned to assist the Vice President of the United States.

ee also

*Vice Presidential Service Badge
*Military badges of the United States
*Yankee White

References

* [http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10879.html| History of the PSB]