Editing Colin Powell (section)

===Awards and decorations===

====Badges====
<gallery>
File:Combat Infantry Badge.svg|[[Combat Infantryman Badge]]<ref name="NMAAHC"/>
File:Expert Infantry Badge.svg|[[Expert Infantryman Badge]]
File:Ranger Tab.svg|[[Ranger Tab]]<ref name="NMAAHC"/>
File:US Army Airborne basic parachutist badge.gif|[[Parachutist Badge (United States)|Parachutist Badge]]<ref name="NMAAHC"/>
File:Pathfinder.gif|[[Pathfinder Badge (United States)|Pathfinder Badge]]<ref name="NMAAHC"/>
File:AirAssault.svg|[[Air Assault Badge]]
File:US - Presidential Service Badge.png|[[Presidential Service Badge]]<ref name="NMAAHC"/>
File:Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge.png|[[Secretary of Defense Identification Badge]]<ref name="NMAAHC"/>
File:Joint Chiefs of Staff seal.svg|[[Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge]]<ref name="NMAAHC"/>
File:United States Army Staff Identification Badge.png|[[Army Staff Identification Badge]]<ref name="NMAAHC"/>
</gallery>

====Medals and ribbons====
{| class=wikitable
|{{Ribbon devices|number=3|type=oak|ribbon=Defense Distinguished Service ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] with three [[oak leaf clusters]]<ref name="valor">{{cite web|title=Colin Luther Powell|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/100351|work=Hall of Valor|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161513/https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/100351|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]] with oak leaf cluster<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Air Force Distinguished Service ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]]<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number01|type=oak|ribbon=Coast Guard Distinguished Service ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal]]<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=US Defense Superior Service Medal ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Legion of Merit ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Legion of Merit]] with oak leaf cluster<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Soldier's Medal ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Soldier's Medal]]<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Bronze Star ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Bronze Star Medal]]<ref name="Graham-2021" />
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Purple Heart BAR.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Purple Heart]]<ref name="Graham-2021" />
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Air Medal ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Air Medal]]<ref name="NMAAHC">{{cite web |title=US Army green service uniform jacket and service medals worn by Colin L. Powell |url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2016.14.1a-v?destination=edan-search/collection_search%3Fedan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dname%253A%2522Powell%252C%2520Colin%2520L.%2522 |website=National Museum of African American History and Culture |access-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019175542/https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2016.14.1a-v?destination=edan-search%2Fcollection_search%3Fedan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A&edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dname%253A%2522Powell%252C%2520Colin%2520L.%2522 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Joint Service Commendation ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Joint Service Commendation Medal]]<ref name="NMAAHC"/>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|ribbon=Army Commendation Medal ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Army Commendation Medal]] with two oak leaf clusters<ref name= "NMAAHC" />
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction (ribbon).svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] with Distinction (1993)<ref name = 2ndPMoF />
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Presidential Medal of Freedom (ribbon).svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (1991)<ref name="rodriguez2021">{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Jeremiah |title=Photos: Key moments in former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell's career |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/photos-key-moments-in-former-u-s-secretary-of-state-colin-powell-s-career-1.5627779 |access-date=October 18, 2021 |work=CTVNews |date=October 18, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018192515/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/photos-key-moments-in-former-u-s-secretary-of-state-colin-powell-s-career-1.5627779 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Presidential Citizens Medal ribbon -vector.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Presidential Citizens Medal]]<ref name="GWB WH">{{cite web |title=Secretary of State Colin L. Powell |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/powell-bio.html |website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov |access-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210204/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/powell-bio.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|ribbon=USA - DOS Distinguished Service Award.png{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Secretary's Distinguished Service Award]]<ref name="GWB WH"/>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[National Defense Service Medal]] with bronze [[service star]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Vietnam Service Medal]] with silver service star
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Army Service Ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Army Service Ribbon]]<ref name= "NMAAHC"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=numeral|ribbon=Army Overseas Service Ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60|other_device=4}}
|[[Army Overseas Service Ribbon]] with [[award numeral]] 4
|-
|{{n/a}}
|Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geraldrfordfoundation.org/medal-for-distinguished-public-service//|title=Gerald R. Ford Medal|website=Gerald R. Ford Medal|date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=November 24, 2022}}</ref>
|}

====Foreign decorations====
{| class=wikitable
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Order of the Bath UK ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|Honorary Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Bath]] (KCB) (United Kingdom)
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Legion Honneur GC ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|{{lang|fr|[[Légion d'honneur]]}}, Grand Cross (France)
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=CAN Meritorious Service Cross (military division) ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Meritorious Service Cross]] (M.S.C.) (Canada)
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=ALB Order of Skanderbeg - Knight BAR.png{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Skanderbeg's Order]] (Albania)
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=BUL Order Stara planina ribbon.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Orders, decorations, and medals of Bulgaria|Order of Stara Planina in the First Order]] (Bulgaria)<ref name=Bulgara2004>{{cite web|url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/39513.htm|title=Remarks With Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov At Award Ceremony for the Stara Planina First Order Medal|location=Presidential Palace, Coat of Arms Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria|date=December 7, 2004|publisher=US Department of State|access-date=July 20, 2013|archive-date=March 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302001826/http://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/39513.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Bulgaria2004photo>{{cite web|url=http://www.president.bg/en/showphoto.php?id=398|title=Parvanov-Powell|date=December 7, 2004|quote=President Georgi Parvanov awarded US Secretary of State Colin Powell with the highest Bulgarian order "Stara Planina" for his extraordinary services to the advancement of Bulgarian-American relations and in connection with the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and the United States.|publisher=President of the Republic of Bulgaria|access-date=November 7, 2007|archive-date=July 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727035917/http://www.president.bg/en/showphoto.php?id=398|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Gallantry Cross Unit Citation.png{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=SEN Order of the Lion - Grand Officer BAR.svg{{!}}border|width=60}}
|[[National Order of the Lion]], Grand Officer ([[Senegal]])
|}