- Order of the Sword (United States)
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Honor guard members carrying a sword for an Order of the Sword ceremony.
The Order of the Sword is an honor awarded within the U.S. Air Force. It is defined in the Airman's Guide by Boone Nicolls as a "special program where noncommisioned officers of a command recognize individuals they hold in high esteem and wish to honor. Those selected for induction are usually honored during a formal ceremony at a dining-in."[1]
Various webpages originating with the U.S. military claim an ancient origin for this order:
The Order of the Sword recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the enlisted corps. Only seven other individuals have been so honored since 1978. The ceremonial presentation was adopted from the Royal Order of the Sword and passed to the United States during the Revolutionary War. However, it lay dormant until it was reinstituted in its current form in 1967.
The original order of the sword was patterned after two orders of chivalry founded during the Middle Ages in Europe: the (British) Royal Order of the Sword and the Swedish Military Order of the Sword, still in existence today. In 1522, King Gustavus I of Sweden ordered the noblemen commissioned by him to appoint officers to serve him, and these people became known as the noncommissioned officers.[2]
Any "(British) Royal Order of the Sword" appears unknown to relevant reference works (such as the Encyclopaedia Britannica), and Britain was not a single kingdom in the Middle Ages. A "Swedish Military Order of the Sword" matching the description is not mentioned in Swedish reference works. The Royal Swedish Order of the Sword, a pure state decoration, not an independent order of chivalry, was founded only in 1748 by king Frederick I (two centuries after the reign of Gustavus I of Sweden), and all grades were limited to commissioned officers until 1850, when an affiliated decoration was established for non-commissioned officers. The Swedish order was made dormant in 1975, and as such it is no longer awarded.[3]
Recipients
General Foglesong
General Lord
General McNabb
General Hobbins
General Carlson
General LooneyNames taken from Members of the Order of the Sword
Number Recipient MAJCOM Date 1 Brig Gen Roland J. Barnick MAC May 26, 1967 2 Gen Howell M. Estes II MAC December 20, 1967 3 Brig Gen Gilbert L. Curtis MAC June 18, 1968 4 Brig Gen William V. McBride MAC February 26, 1969 5 Col Reid J. Anderson MAC July 26, 1969 6 Col Gilbert G. Smith, Jr. MAC July 29, 1969 7 Col Thomas J. Arbogast MAC May 12, 1970 8 Brig Gen Clare T. Ireland, Jr. MAC July 23, 1970 9 Brig Gen John H. Germeraad MAC October 2, 1970 10 Brig Gen John F. Gonge MAC February 24, 1972 11 Gen Jack J. Catton MAC April 20, 1971 12 Col Leonard V. Gillespie MAC September 29, 1971 13 Honorable F. Edward Hebert MAC October 28, 1971 14 Maj Gen Archie M. Burke NORAD February 11, 1972 15 Brig Gen Richard M. Baughn USAFE March 20, 1972 16 Maj Gen William G. Moore, Jr. MAC May 6, 1972 17 Col Tedd L. Bishop MAC July 14, 1972 18 Maj Gen Jerry D. Page ATC July 25, 1972 19 Gen George B. Simler ATC August 25, 1972 20 Brig Gen Van N. Blackman MAC September 8, 1972 21 Col Robert H. Campbell MAC June 11, 1973 22 Maj Gen Frank M. Madsen, Jr. ATC January 24, 1974 23 Maj Gen Frank W. Elliott, Jr. ATC July 26, 1974 24 Col James I. Baginski PACAF July 29, 1974 25 Brig Gen Irbey B. Jarvis, Jr. AFLC October 31, 1974 26 Brig Gen Thomas M. Sadler MAC March 12, 1975 27 Maj Gen Lester T. Kearney MAC May 21, 1975 28 Col Donald A. Michela PACAF August 11, 1975 29 Brig Gen Harry A. Morris MAC September 19, 1975 30 Maj Gen Leroy J. Manor PACAF April 19, 1976 31 Brig Gen Emil N. Block MAC June 9, 1976 32 Brig Gen James E. McAdoo AFRES October 11, 1976 33 Lt Gen John W. Roberts ATC November 12, 1976 34 Gen Paul K. Carlton MAC February 11, 1977 35 Gen Louis L. Wilson Jr. PACAF March 18, 1977 36 Gen Russell E. Dougherty SAC April 5, 1977 37 Maj Gen Ralph S. Saunders MAC May 6, 1977 38 Col James T. Albritton USAFE May 6, 1977 39 Maj Gen Alden G. Glauch MAC July 19, 1977 40 Brig Gen Kenneth D. Burns AFSS October 20, 1977 41 Maj Gen Andrew P. Iosue ATC March 3, 1978 42 Gen Robert J. Dixon TAC March 10, 1978 43 Brig Gen James L. Wade AFRES March 11, 1978 44 Maj Gen Thomas A. Aldrich MAC March 30, 1978 45 Lt Gen Thomas W. Morgan AFSC April 22, 1978 46 Col Sharman R. Stevenson PACAF May 31, 1978 47 Gen David C. Jones SAC May 31, 1978 48 Col Dale L. Oderman MAC June 1, 1978 49 Lt Gen James D. Hughes TAC June 3, 1978 50 Maj Gen Rupert H. Burris AFCS July 19, 1978 51 Maj Gen Paul M. Myers AFSC September 14, 1978 52 Lt Gen Bryon M. Shotts SAC October 10, 1978 53 Lt Gen Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., (Ret) TAC November 10, 1978 54 Maj Gen William Lyons AFRES March 3, 1979 55 Maj Gen Benjamin F. Starr, Jr. MAC April 10, 1979 56 Col Anthony J. Dibaggio USAFSS April 19, 1979 57 Lt Gen Thomas P. Stafford AFSC May 5, 1979 58 Brig Gen Pedroli Attilio ATC December 6, 1979 59 Maj Gen William C. Norris USAFE April 9, 1980 60 Maj Gen LeRoy W. Svendsen, Jr. AFMPC April 10, 1980 61 Maj Gen Robert E. Sadler AFCS April 12, 1980 62 Lt Gen Winfield Scott, Jr. AAC May 16, 1980 63 CMSAF Donald L. Harlow, (Ret) TAC May 20, 1980 64 Mr. Robert (Bob) Hope MAC June 10, 1980 65 Col Thomas G. McInerney PACAF July 22, 1980 66 Gen Curtis E. LeMay SAC September 18, 1980 67 Gen Alton D. Slay AFSC October 18, 1980 68 Brig Gen Sidney S. Novaresi AFRES March 14, 1981 69 Brig Gen Alan G. Sharp AFRES April 4, 1981 70 Gen Richard H. Ellis SAC May 8, 1981 71 Maj Gen John T. Guice ANG May 13, 1981 72 Lt Gen Walter D. Druen, Jr. USAFE May 16, 1981 73 Gen Kenneth L. Tallman USAFA May 21, 1981 74 Gen Robert E. Huyser MAC June 19, 1981 75 Brig Gen Staryl C. Austin, (Ret) ANG October 30, 1981 76 Maj Gen Doyle E. Larson ESC March 27, 1982 77 Col Bruce M. Purvine MAC June 3, 1982 78 Maj Gen Norma Brown ATC June 11, 1982 79 Brig Gen Albert J. Kaehn, Jr. MAC July 27, 1982 80 Maj Gen Kenneth L. Peek AFMPC November 5, 1982 81 Col Lester R. Melott, Jr. ESC February 13, 1983 82 Lt Gen Richard C. Henry AFSC April 16, 1983 83 Lt Gen Robert W. Bazley USAFE May 5, 1983 84 Gen James R. Allen MAC May 18, 1983 85 Lt Gen Charles L. Donley, Jr. PACAF May 28, 1983 Lt Gen Charles L. Donley, Jr. USAFE February 21, 1987 86 Lt Gen Robert T. Herres AFCC August 27, 1983 87 Gen Thomas M. Ryan, Jr. ATC September 3, 1983 88 Gen W. L. Creech TAC February 4, 1984 89 Gen Robert T. Marsh AFSC June 16, 1984 90 Gen James V. Hartinger NORAD/SPACECOM29 June 1984 91 Lt Gen James W. Stansberry AFSC September 2, 1984 92 Maj Gen Donald W. Bennett MAC October 12, 1984 93 Gen Bennie L. Davis SAC October 18, 1984 94 Maj Gen John E. Taylor, Jr. USAFR October 27, 1984 95 Maj Gen John B. Conaway ANG April 10, 1985 96 Bri Gen Regis F. Urschler ESC May 1, 1985 97 Maj Gen Cornelius Nugteren AFLC May 31, 1985 98 Col Paul E. Landers, Jr. MAC June 17, 1985 99 Maj Gen Sloan R. Gill AFRES October 27, 1985 100 Col Robert D. Acres AFLC November 2, 1985 101 Gen John L. Piotrowski TAC January 24, 1986 102 Col James D. Elmer MAC February 8, 1986 103 Gen Charles A. Gabriel USAF March 22, 1986 104 Maj Gen Raymond A. Matera ANG April 18, 1986 105 Brig Gen George E. Chapman MAC April 26, 1986 106 Brig Gen Vernon J. Kondra MAC June 14, 1986 107 Col Louis V. Pelini MAC July 25, 1986 108 Maj Gen William J. Breckner, Jr. USAFE. August 30, 1986 109 Gen Earl T. O'Loughlin AFLC September 19, 1986 110 Brig Gen Floyd A. Hargrove MAC October 11, 1986 111 Maj Gen Gerald L. Prather AFCC October 17, 1986 112 Lt Gen Thomas C. Richards AU November 1, 1986 113 Maj Gen Chris O. Divich ATC January 15, 1987 114 Maj Gen Donald D. Brown MAC March 31, 1987 115 Maj Gen Donald Snyder PACAF April 8, 1987 116 Gen Lawrence A. Skantze AFSC April 25, 1987 117 Brig Gen Richard S. Beyea, Jr. AFOSI September 25, 1987 118 Col Richard C. Youngs AFRES September 26, 1987 119 Maj Gen Jack W. Sheppard MAC October 2, 1987 120 Lt Gen Edward L. Tixier PACAF January 11, 1988 121 Lt Gen David L. Nichols AAC May 7, 1988 122 Congressman Sonny Montgomery AFRES May 12, 1988 123 Gen Jack I. Gregory PACAF June 21, 1988 124 Maj Gen Ralph E. Spraker AFSPACECOM July 1, 1988 125 Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger USAF November 19, 1988 126 Maj Gen Melvin G. Alkire AFCOMS January 14, 1989 127 Gen William L. Kirk USAFE March 18, 1989 128 Brig Gen Alfred P.Bunting ANG March 28, 1989 129 Gen Alfred G. Hansen AFLC April 28, 1989 130 Maj Gen Paul H. Martin ESC July 14, 1989 131 Gen Duane H. Cassidy MAC August 18, 1989 132 Maj Gen Fredric F. Doppelt AFSC October 7, 1989 133 Maj Gen James C. Wahleithner AFRES October 14, 1989 134 Maj Gen Vernon Chong ATC December 2, 1989 135 Gen Larry D. Welch USAF March 3, 1990 136 Gen Bernard P. Randolph AFSC March 17, 1990 137 Col Edmund C. Morrisey, Jr., (Ret) ANG March 20, 1990 138 Gen Robert D. Russ TAC April 20, 1990 139 Maj Gen Robert B. Patterson, (Ret) MAC April 20, 1990 140 Lt Gen Robert C. Oaks ATC June 9, 1990 141 Maj Gen Larry N. Tibbetts ATC June 20, 1990 142 Maj Gen Roger P. Scheer AFRES August 25, 1990 143 Maj Gen Paul R. Stoney, (Ret) AFCC September 25, 1990 144 Gen Michael J. Dugan USAFE November 10, 1990 145 Lt Gen James B. Davis PACAF November 24, 1990 146 Maj Gen Paul A. Harvey ATC February 2, 1991 147 Lt Gen Charles R. Hamm USAFA April 26, 1991 148 Lt Gen Gordon E. Fornell AFSC May 11, 1991 149 Gen John T. Chain, Jr. SAC January 13, 1991 150 Lt Gen Donald L. Cromer AFSC May 17, 1991 151 Col Richard F. Law AFOSI June 20, 1991 152 Maj Gen Richard M. Pascoe TAC July 16, 1991 153 Maj Gen Joseph A. Ahearn USAF August 21, 1991 154 Lt Gen Richard J. Trzaskoma MAC September 27, 1991 155 Lt Gen Robert H. Ludwig AFCC September 28, 1991 156 Gen Charles C. McDonald AFLC February 29, 1992 157 Lt Gen Charles A. Horner TAC March 14, 1992 158 Lt Gen Clifford H. Rees, Jr. USAFE July 25, 1992 159 Col Charles L. Fox PACAF October 20, 1992 160 Gen Hansford T. Johnson AMC February 6, 1993 161 Gen Charles G. Boyd AU February 25, 1993 162 Maj Gen John S. Fairfield AFCC May 11, 1993 163 Maj Gen Philip G. Killey ANG November 9, 1993 164 Gen Ronald Fogleman AMC May 14, 1994 165 Maj Gen Robert S. Deligatti USAFE April 29, 1994 166 Lt Gen Bradley C. Hosmer USAFA April 29, 1994 167 Gen Ronald W. Yates AFMC March 5, 1994 168 Maj Gen Robert A. McIntosh AFRES July 29, 1994 169 Gen Merrill A. McPeak HQ USAF August 20, 1994 170 Gen Robert L. Rutherford PACAF August 23, 1994 171 Gen Henry Viccellio AETC October 1, 1994 172 Maj Gen Kenneth A. Minihan AIA October 24, 1994 173 Lt Gen Edward P. Barry AFMC November 18, 1994 174 Gen Thomas Moorman AFSPC November 28, 1994 175 Gen John Michael Loh ACC February 25, 1995 176 Lt Gen Malcolm B. Armstrong AMC September 23, 1995 177 Gen James L. Jamerson USAFE November 18, 1995 178 Gen Joseph W. Ashy AFSPC August 17, 1996 179 Col John E. Killeen AFSPA September 14, 1996 180 Dr. William J. Perry HQ USAF October 19, 1996 181 Gen James E. Sherrard AFRES November 2, 1996 182 Maj Gen James L. Hobson, Jr. AFSOC January 24, 1997 183 Gen John G. Lorber PACAF June 30, 1997 184 Lt Gen Paul E. Stein USAFA July 12, 1997 185 Maj Gen Donald W. Shepperd NGB November 4, 1997 186 Col John L. Hayes AFWA April 4, 1998 187 Gen Michael E. Ryan USAFE April 17, 1998 188 Gen Walter Kross AMC July 18, 1998 189 Gen Howell M. Estes III AFSPC August 7, 1998 190 Lt Gen Kenneth E. Eickmann AFMC August 15, 1998 191 Gen Richard E. Hawley ACC April 17, 1999 192 Gen Lloyd W. Newton AETC June 18, 1999 193 Col Raymond W. Owens III AFOSI October 21, 1999 194 Maj Gen Paul A. Weaver Jr. ANG November 22, 1999 195 Gen. Charles R. Holland AFSOC January 22, 2000 196 Gen George T. Babbitt AFMC March 27, 2000 197 Gen John P. Jumper USAFE April 8, 2000 198 Brig Gen (Ret) Steven A. Roser AMC April 14, 2000 199 Lt Gen Tad J. Oelstrom AFSOC June 7, 2000 200 Brig Gen Richard A. Coleman AFSFC August 24, 2000 201 Honorable F. Whitten Peters HQ USAF December 16, 2000 202 Brig Gen (Ret) Heinie Aderholt AFSOC January 18, 2001 203 Gen Patrick Gamble PACAF April 6, 2001 204 Maj Gen David E. Tanzi AFRES June 2, 2001 205 Gen Charles T. Robertson AMC November 3, 2001 206 Gen Ralph E. Eberhart AFSC January 25, 2002 207 Lt Gen Maxwell C. Bailey AFSOC March 15, 2002 208 Gen Lester L. Lyles AFMC November 7, 2002 209 Gen Gregory S. Martin USAFE March 30, 2003 210 Maj Gen Timothy J. McMahon ACC October 22, 2004 211 Honorable James G. Roche (SECAF) HQ USAF September 13, 2004 212 Gen William J. Begert PACAF June 30, 2004 213 Gen Hal M. Hornburg ACC October 22, 2004 214 Gen Paul V. Hester AFSOC November 5, 2004 215 Lt Gen John D. Hopper, Jr. AETC December 10, 2004 216 Gen Donald G. Cook AETC June 14, 2005 217 Maj Gen Tommy Crawford 11th Wing July 22, 2005 218 Gen. John W. Handy AMC July 29, 2005 219 Gen Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong USAFE August 26, 2005 220 Brig Gen Francis X. Taylor AFOSI September 16, 2005 221 Lt. Gen. Daniel James III ANG November 16, 2005 222 Gen Lance W. Lord AFSPC February 11, 2006 223 Gen Duncan McNabb AMC September 16, 2007 224 Lt Gen Michael W. Wooley AFSOC September 21, 2007 225 Gen William T. Hobbins USAFE November 17, 2007 226 Gen Bruce Carlson AFMC December 6, 2007 227 Gen William R. Looney III AETC May 30, 2008 228 Col. Francis M. Mungavin USAFR October 24, 2008 229 Lt Gen Lt Gen Charles L. Johnson II AFMC June 20, 2008 230 Lt Gen Robert D. Bishop, Jr. USAFE July 19, 2008 231 Lt Gen Craig R. McKinley ANG November 1, 2008 232 Gen Stephen R. Lorenz[4] AETC July 16, 2010 Notes
- ^ Boone Nicolls, Airman's Guide. Stackpole Books, 2004 (ISBN 0-8117-3153-7), p. 12.
- ^ "Noncommissioned officers recognize Air National Guard director", press release from the Texas National Guard Public Affairs Office, retrieved 1 september 2006.
- ^ "Svärdsorden", in Nordisk familjebok, vol. 27 (1918), col. 1340 f; "Svärdsorden", Nationalencyklopedin, retrieved 1 september 2006.
- ^ Kilgallon, Paul (21 July 2010). "AETC inducts newest member into Order of the Sword". US Air Force Public Affairs. http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123214314. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
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