FORT EISENHOWER, Ga. — The military has countless traditions, but few are as unique as the military challenge coin. And as one Signaleer recently pointed out, it’s not the coins that hold ...

In a tradition going back generations, service members receive challenge coins over the course of their careers and, someday, maybe after they’ve taken their uniform off for the last time ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The first military challenge coins, one story goes, were handed out in 1969 by ...

The ornaments weren't a class requirement and ... To thank them, Ankeny police gifted the students an honor guard patch, a challenge coin and a certificate of appreciation. "We appreciated it ...

The president accidentally dropped and then had to chase a challenge coin as it rolled away from him Monday during an awkward exchange with a senior military officer. The oldest-ever president had ...

Special challenge coins are being distributed among US Secret Service personnel and their families, who are expressing frustration at the requirement they work without pay during the partial ...

Police departments across the country utilize challenge coins to honor brave and heroic acts or to designate membership of a precinct or unit. As military veterans pursued careers in law ...

MESA, AZ — Mesa police investigated a challenge coin that seemed to exalt officers accused in two excessive force cases, but no one was disciplined for creating the keepsake commemorating two ...

Another report investigated allegations that Phoenix police officers circulated a challenge coin mocking an injured protester with a phrase some have linked to hate speech. The coin marks an ...

The NYPD is defending the use of the nickname “Fort Jah” by officers in the 67th Precinct in East Flatbush, after a 2017 fundraising “challenge coin” featuring the term surfaced on an ...