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from the Office of
Defense Cooperation of the United States embassy in Belgium and Luxemburg, for their contribution to the Belgian Air Component operations during its military intervention above
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Royal Decree of 23 February 2005 Creating a Medal of Merit for
Personnel of the Defence Forces and Foreign Armed Forces (
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The Medal of
Military Merit was awarded to twelve military and one civilian members of the
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Philippe LĂ©onard, former commander of the
Multinational Task Force North of the
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Belgian military regulation DGHR-SPS-DECOR-001 of 18 January 2006
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The Medal of
Military Merit was awarded to eleven members of the
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The Medal of
Military Merit was awarded to eleven members of the
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The Medal of
Military Merit was awarded to eleven members of the
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The Medal of
Military Merit was awarded to eight members of the
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The Medal of
Military Merit was awarded to eight members of the
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The Medal of
Military Merit was awarded to four members of the
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The Medal of Military Merit was awarded to nine members of the
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The Medal of Military Merit was awarded to ten members of the
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The Medal of Military Merit was awarded to ten members of the
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The Medal of Military merit was awarded to two members of the
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The Medal of Military Merit was awarded to six members of the
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The Medal of Military merit was awarded to one member of the
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Recipients of Belgian military awards and decorations
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489:, of which the Belgian detachment was member.
18:The following persons have been awarded the
931:Military awards and decorations of Belgium
182:Master Warrant Officer (Air Force Reserve)
26:since the creation of the medal in 2005.
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907:Royal Decree 5656 of 22 September 2005
880:Royal Decree 8295 of 14 February 2011
868:Royal Decree 9078 of 6 September 2012
865:Royal Decree 9115 of 17 December 2012
892:Royal Decree 7264 of 15 October 2008
874:Royal Decree 8745 of 8 February 2012
856:Royal Decree 191 of 21 December 2013
850:Royal Decree 633 of 16 December 2014
833:List of Belgian military decorations
898:Royal Decree 6707 of 31 August 2007
847:Royal Decree 674 of 24 January 2015
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889:Royal Decree 7558 of 29 April 2009
886:Royal Decree 8028 of 21 April 2010
862:Royal Decree 9508 of 24 April 2013
859:Royal Decree 63 of 14 October 2013
853:Royal Decree 483 of 23 August 2014
330:Baudouin Somers (Aide to the King)
14:
947:
895:Royal Decree 7056 of 9 April 2008
828:Medal of Military Merit (Belgium)
904:Royal Decree 6052 of 11 May 2006
883:Royal Decree 8085 of 4 July 2010
877:Royal Decree 8389 of 26 May 2011
844:Royal Decree 811 of 16 June 2015
22:for exceptional services to the
901:Royal Decree 6571 of 9 May 2007
871:Royal Decree 8966 of 9 May 2012
20:Belgian Medal of Military Merit
581:Captain-Commandant (Air Force)
244:Lieutenant-General (Air Force)
105:Captain-Commandant (Air Force)
99:Captain-Commandant (Air Force)
1:
838:
93:Captain-Commandant (Reserve)
7:
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10:
952:
250:Colonel (Medical Reserve)
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703:
635:
561:
493:
487:allied forces in Kosovo
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288:United States Air Force
230:
141:
79:
29:
735:Master Warrant Officer
729:Master Warrant Officer
723:Master Warrant Officer
587:Master Warrant Officer
440:musician R. De Klippel
432:Master Warrant Officer
426:Master Warrant Officer
346:Master Warrant Officer
262:Master Warrant Officer
256:Master Warrant Officer
188:Master Warrant Officer
176:Master Warrant Officer
170:Master Warrant Officer
164:Master Warrant Officer
777:First Master Corporal
771:First Master Corporal
765:First Master Corporal
759:First Master Corporal
697:First Master Corporal
691:First Master Corporal
685:First Master Corporal
679:First Master Corporal
673:First Master Sergeant
649:Chief Warrant Officer
555:First Master Corporal
549:First Master Corporal
543:First Master Corporal
462:First Master Corporal
456:First Master Corporal
388:First Master Corporal
382:First Master Corporal
376:First Master Corporal
370:First Master Corporal
358:Chief Warrant Officer
352:Chief Warrant Officer
340:Chief Warrant Officer
274:First Master Corporal
268:Chief Warrant Officer
224:First Master Corporal
212:Chief Warrant Officer
206:Chief Warrant Officer
200:Chief Warrant Officer
194:Chief Warrant Officer
154:Mrs. Martine Prospero
129:First Master Corporal
123:First Master Corporal
117:Chief Warrant Officer
111:Chief Warrant Officer
61:First Master Corporal
55:First Master Corporal
49:First Master Corporal
790:Belgian Armed Forces
710:Belgian Armed Forces
667:First Sergeant-Major
642:Belgian Armed Forces
575:Major (Army Reserve)
568:Belgian Armed Forces
500:Belgian Armed Forces
401:Belgian Armed Forces
321:Belgian Armed Forces
237:Belgian Armed Forces
218:First Sergeant-Major
148:Belgian Armed Forces
86:Belgian Armed Forces
36:Belgian Armed Forces
24:Belgian Armed Forces
815:Private First Class
629:Private First Class
280:Private First Class
125:Patrick Christiaens
717:Captain-Commandant
583:Baudouin Heuninckx
531:First Master Chief
525:First Master Chief
328:Lieutenant-General
258:Gerald Hernalsteen
160:Christophe Comhair
737:Gino Van Eeckhout
669:Jozef Van Lancker
631:Nordine Boukhalfa
384:Philippe Trickels
342:Emmanuel Livemont
303:Anthony F. Sidoti
264:Patrick Vermeulen
252:Paul Vanneste, MD
166:Patrick Eerdekens
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914:of 1 April 2005)
773:M.-C. Vandeweert
509:Pascal Blanchart
246:François Florkin
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811:S. Vanmalleghem
809:Master Corporal
803:Master Corporal
799:Yoann Severijns
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753:Warrant Officer
747:Warrant Officer
741:Warrant Officer
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661:Warrant Officer
655:Warrant Officer
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611:Warrant Officer
605:Warrant Officer
599:Warrant Officer
593:Warrant Officer
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519:Warrant Officer
513:Warrant Officer
507:Warrant Officer
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483:Brigade General
468:Master Corporal
452:Philippe Scimar
438:Warrant Officer
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364:Warrant Officer
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282:Timothy De Mars
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202:Marino Eeckhout
196:Patrick Choquet
178:Erik Vanloffelt
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131:Fabien Wattiaux
119:Wim Van Thielen
113:Alidor Haccourt
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69:Emmanuel Godart
67:Master Corporal
57:Pascal Branswyk
43:Warrant Officer
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137:Niels Scrayen
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817:M. Toussaint
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557:Yvan Moriamé
545:Bruno Coenen
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446:Lionel Likin
416:Rik Olievier
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348:Peter Prevot
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172:Ivan Fierens
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805:J.-P. Doyen
779:I. Verdeyen
731:L. Marechal
681:F. De Paepe
619:Ian Dierckx
539:James Ching
521:Ivo Henkens
476:French Army
390:Luc Volders
378:R. Senesael
208:Erik Sainte
101:Renaud Thys
925:Categories
839:References
761:D. Ladangh
755:G. Verlent
725:G. Lenders
657:Kris Donne
595:Dirk Brans
589:G. Janssen
372:C. Lessire
334:Lieutenant
226:Eric Andre
45:P. Gautier
625:D. Tricot
577:I. Dupont
533:D. Thonon
428:A. Baccus
336:Luc Gille
95:J. Berger
822:See also
797:Sergeant
743:L. Bouvy
719:P. Dumon
651:P. Istas
623:Corporal
537:Sergeant
354:P. Cosse
135:Corporal
73:Corporal
366:E. Rits
295:Colonel
158:Captain
420:Major
414:Major
408:Major
309:Libya
301:Major
784:2005
704:2006
636:2007
562:2008
494:2009
395:2010
315:2011
231:2012
142:2013
80:2014
30:2015
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