 Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby announced at a press briefing Wednesday DOD is reviewing the military awards and decoration process. SECDEF asked for this review and it will look at all distinguishing devices through the Medal of Honor. Now that we're getting towards the end of the combat mission in Afghanistan he wants to take a more holistic view of the awards process and the decoration process and he's kicked that effort off I think that it will we're hoping to have that review process done by the end of this year early 2015 but he wants a more holistic view here rather than just looking at it cherry picking it with this device here or that ribbon there he wants he wants to take a broader look at this. From the Defense Media Activity I'm Petty Officer Jen Blake.