The Mexican Border Defense Medal is identical in design to the Mexican Border Service Medal from 1918. The medal is bronze with a yellow and green ribbon symbolizing civic virtue by serving the ...

The Mexican Border Defense Medal is pictured at the Pentagon, Aug. 20, 2025. (Photo: Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza, DOD) Effective immediately, the Mexican Border Defense Medal is ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. troops serving along the southern border since Jan. 20 to support Border and Customs Protection agents can now receive the Mexican Border Defense Medal, according to a Pentagon memo.

Dec. 16 (UPI) --President Donald Trump has awarded 13 soldiers and Marines the newly established Mexican Border Defense Medal for their contributions to safeguarding the U.S. southern border. The ...

From Zacapa, if you wanted to go to Brownsville, Texas—the closest point in the United States—you’d travel almost 1,440 miles overland, mostly up Mexico’s Gulf Coast highway. But if you wanted to see ...

WASHINGTON — Effective immediately, the Mexican Border Defense Medal is established to recognize service members deployed to the U.S. international border with Mexico for Defense Department support to ...