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The Secretary’s Award for Valor is the highest recognition for extraordinary acts of valor occurring either on or off duty. The employee will have demonstrated selfless response by performing courageously in a highly dangerous or life-threatening situation to protect another’s life or to save significant assets or infrastructure from harm. Both civilian and military employees of the Department are eligible for this award.
BM1 Wallace C Qual
U.S. Coast Guard
Newport, RI
DHS Deputy Secretary John Tien with Valor Award recipient, BM1 Wallace C. Qual | View Original
Daniel Kevin Wesley Brown
Transportation Security Administration
Hanover, MD
Fishing Vessel IRONY Rescue Flight Crew
U.S. Coast Guard
Aguadilla, PR
Justin R. Neal
Sitka, AK
Jonathan P. Orthman
DHS Deputy Secretary John Tien with Valor Award recipient, Jonathan P. Orthman | View Original
Grant B. Roberts
James G. Schwader
DHS Deputy Secretary John Tien with Valor Award recipient, James G. Schwader | View Original
Jacob R Karpinski
U.S. Secret Service
Washington, DC
Left to right: U.S. Secret Service Director James Murray, Valor Award recipient Jacob R. Karpinski, and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. | View Original
Jose Negron
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with Valor Award recipient, Jose Negron | View Original
