The award is presented by the navy to civilians who have carried out acts of valour or heroism, or who have demonstrated extraordinary service on behalf of the Navy over a lengthy interval.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5886113am) Rick Rossovich, Val Kilmer, Whip Hubley, Tom Cruise Top Gun - 1986 Director: Tony Scott Paramount USA Scene Still Top Gun] Del Toro said it ‘brought nostalgia to older audiences and reinvigorated the minds of newer audience members’.
Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Everett Collection - 2022] The award, presented by US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, is reserved for civilians for acts of heroism or support of the Navy.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Everett/Shutterstock (14208050tx) TOP GUN: MAVERICK, (aka TOP GUN 2), Tom Cruise, 2022. ph: Scott Garfield / ?
Stopping off in Chetsey as he travelled to Bahrain to visit forces, the Navy Secretary gave Tom the award in recognition of Top Gun having ‘significantly increased’ the force’s recruitment numbers.
