military honors
Medals for valor
Military honors are ceremonial tributes accorded to service members, dignitaries, or the deceased.
These include gun salutes, honor guards, flag presentations, and the playing of taps at funerals.
The honors vary by rank and occasion: The general was buried with full military honors.
The phrase most often appears in funeral contexts.
- saluteGestural sign of honor
- war memorialTribute to fallen soldiers
- honor guardMilitary tribute formation
- 21-gun saluteCannon volleys honoring dignitaries
- rifle volleyConcurrent discharge of firearms
remembrance · purple heart · Medal of Honor · taps · posthumous · wreath-laying · flag folding · folded flag · cenotaph · oak leaf · flag etiquette · pallbearers · burial at sea · fallen soldiers · missing man formation · color guard · changing of the guard · reveille
- Military Affairsdefense secretary, War Department, defense strategy, congressional oversight, commander in chief
- honor ceremoniesmedal ceremony, awards banquet, pinning ceremony, promotion ceremony, honorary degree
- honorsmedal, award, trophy, certificate, prize
- Military HolidaysMemorial Day, Veterans Day, fallen heroes, remembrance, veteran
- patriotismnational anthem, national flags, love of country, patriotism, flag waving
- war memorialwar memorial, national cemetery, Arlington National Cemetery, war dead, fallen soldier
military honorsacademic honors
Recognition for scholarly achievement
Nobel Prize · Pulitzer Prize · honorary degrees · knighthood · honorary degree
military honorscourt-martial
Armed forces judicial proceeding
dishonorable discharge · dishonor · demotion · cashiering · drumming out