Distinguished Service Awardees
- 2022 Gary Sinise, Actor and Advocate for Our Nation's Defenders and Veterans
- 2015 Lieutenant General James R. Clapper, USAF
- 2014 The Honorable John J. Hamre
- 2013 Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, of Connecticut
- 2012 Admiral Thad W. Allen, USCG
- 2011 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard & Air Force Servicemen and Women
- 2010 COL H.C. “Barney” Barnum, Jr., USMC
- 2009 Lt Gen Brent Scowcroft, USAF
- 2008 CPT John W. Warner, USMC
- 2007 Senators Ted Stevens and Daniel K. Inouye
- 2006 The Living Carabao Veterans of WW II
- 2005 SGT Tom Ridge, USMC
- 2004 CPT Caspar W. Weinberger, USA
- 2003 The Honorable James R. Schlesinger
- 2002 GEN Raymond G. Davis, USMC
- 2001 GEN John J. Vessey, Jr.
- 2000 MG Strom Thurmond, USA
- 1999 2LT William J. Perry, USA
- 1998 LT(jg) George H.W. Bush, USN