The Order of Military Medical Merit (02M3) is a private organization that was founded by the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Health Services Command in 1982 with the goal of recognizing excellence and promoting fellowship and esprit de corps among Army Medical Department

Army Medical Department (United States)

The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army – known as the AMEDD – comprises the Army's six medical Special Branches of officers and medical enlisted soldiers. It was established as the "Army Hospital" in July 1775 to coordinate the medical care required by the Continental Army during the...

 (AMEDD) personnel. Membership in the Order denotes distinguished service which is recognized by the senior leadership of the AMEDD, and is signified with the presentation of a white brass or sterling silver medallion on a maroon ribbon.

Notable recipients

• William C. Patrick III
  William C. Patrick III
  William C. Patrick III was an influential microbiologist and bioweaponeer for the U.S. Army during the Cold War.Patrick headed the American offensive biological warfare program at Fort Detrick, MD beginning in 1951...
  
  
• William O'Neal
• Christopher Earle
• Richard P. Mumford I

External links

• Army Medical Department, AMEDD Regimental Office