DISPUTANTA - Have you ever heard of challenge coins? Maybe you or someone you know has earned one in recognition of extraordinary service. During a follow-up story interview with Three Brothers' ...
JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. - For active duty and retired servicemembers, it is the currency of past days of deployment or of military milestones. This custom-made currency is awarded through ...
In just a few weeks, one Hoosier member of law enforcement will get a rare recognition: one of the Department of Child Services’ challenge coins honoring “a heroic act that protected a Hoosier child.” ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates hands a challenge coin bearing his name to a service member at a forward operating base in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, in 2011. Photo by Jason Reed/Getty Images ...
Army challenge coins are popular in the United States, and while you are now interested in collecting some, you may not yet know how it started. Curious? Just keep reading! Challenge coins were born ...
WASHINGTON — Since Bill Clinton occupied the White House, commemorative medallions known as challenge coins have been stately symbols of the presidency coveted by the military, law-enforcement ...
During a visit to the Pentagon in 1997, Gen. George Joulwan handed sculptor Marty Heffron a challenge coin. In the military, a challenge coin is a small, highly-prized medallion that symbolizes pride, ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For two decades, the commander in chief has doled out distinguished-looking coins as personal mementos. Now, the presidential “challenge coin” has undergone ...