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The National Order of the Legion of Honour- French Ordre National de la L\u00e9gion d\u2019honneur was created by Napoleon Bonaparte as a general military and civil order of merit.<\/p>\n
Awardees of the Legion are both French citizens and foreigners- civilian and military- irrespective of rank, birth, or religion. Admission into this order, which can be conferred posthumously, requires years of civil achievement in peacetime or extraordinary military bravery and service in times of war.<\/p>\n
It is awarded to about 2,000 citizens and about 300 foreigners each year for defense of French values.<\/p>\n
French President Emmanuel Macron has awarded U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley France\u2019s highest medal of honor for his role in coordinating support for Ukraine and for his more than 40-year military career spent in defense of democracy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n By TARA COPP and SYLVIE CORBET<\/p>\n PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron awarded France’s highest medal of honor to the U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman, Gen. Mark Milley, on Friday for his role in coordinating support for Ukraine and for his more than 40-year military career spent in defense of democracy.<\/p>\n Milley, who is traveling in France to attend ceremonies at Normandy to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, is close to finishing a four-year term as the top U.S. military officer and plans to retire when his tenure as chairman ends Sept. 30.<\/p>\n Macron awarded Milley the order of Commander of the Legion of Honor at a closed ceremony at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e, the presidential palace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n