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[[Category:Awards|Osterman Cross]]
{{medal-info
| image = osterman_cross.png
| name = Osterman Cross (OC)
| auth = {{fla}}
| freq = Once per calendar year.
| branches = [[RMN]], [[RMMC]] (Enlisted Only)
| image2 = osterman_cross_medal.png
}}
The [[Osterman Cross]] (abbrev: '''OC''')is the highest award for gallantry, awarded to the non-commissioned officers and enlisted members of the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]] and the [[Royal Manticoran Marine Corps]]. Canonically, and within {{trmn}}, this award comes with the offer of an officer's commission<ref>{{SI1}}</ref>; the offered grade is at the discretion of the awarding authority in consultation with the unit commander to which the honoree reports to directly.

Known recipients in the Honorverse canon include [[honorverse:Lorelei Osterman | Lorelei Osterman]], for whom the award was re-named (originally the [[Cross of Military Valor]]<ref>{{MA2}}</ref>); [[honorverse:Iris Babcock | Iris Babcock]], [[honorverse:Alfred Harrington | Alfred Harrington]]<ref>{{HHA6.3}}</ref>, and [[honorverse:Ginger Lewis | Ginger Lewis]].

==TRMN Information==
This award is the highest award for gallantry issued in the Royal Manticoran Navy and Royal Manticoran Marine Corps. This award is only available to non-commissioned officers and enlisted crewmembers in the RMN and RMMC. The criteria for this award is exceptional service to the RMN or RMMC in general, either by a) demonstrating consistently outstanding performance over time, or b) by performing a particular task or service to a high standard of excellence above and beyond the call of duty. The recipient is entitled to the post nominal letters of ‘OC’.

==Honorees==
* [[Third Space Lord]], [[RADM]] Sir Michael D. Garcia, [[KDE]], OC, [[SC]], [[CGM]], [[GS]] ({{hms|Medusa|SD-316}})
* [[Deputy Third Space Lord]], [[CDRE]] Sir Christopher Thompson, [[KCE]], [[MC]], OC, [[NS]], [[ME]], [[CGM]], [[GS]] ({{hms|Valkyrie|SD-355}})
* [[CAPTSG]] Michael Romero, OC, [[OG]] ({{hms|Atropos|BC-363}})
* [[CAPTJG]] Marcus Johnston, OC, [[CGM]] ({{hms|Claymore|BC-618}})
* [[Senior Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy]], [[SMCPO]] Sir Thomas Coonradt, OC, [[KR]], [[NS]], [[ME]] ({{hms|Andromeda|BC-571}})
* [[Bureau of Planning|BuPlan]] [[Command Senior Master Chief Petty Officer]], [[SMCPO]] Lord Sir William Lochen, OC, [[KR]], [[KE]], [[SC]], [[NS]], Baron Boundary Waters ({{hms|Invincible|SD-455}})
* [[Bureau of Communications|BuComm]] [[Command Senior Master Chief Petty Officer]], [[SMCPO]] Sir Shon Elliott, [[KCE]], OC, [[NS]], [[QBM]] ({{hms|Medusa|SD-316}})
* [[SMCPO|SMCGM]] Ken O'Dell, OC ({{hms|Excalibur|BC-749}})
* [[SCPO|SCSW]] Kathy Rau, OC ({{hms|Thunderer|SD-323}})
* [[FSMCPO]] William Cain III, OC ({{gns|Randolph Candless|BC-56}})
* [[SCPO]] Sir David Goldsberry, [[KDE]], OC, ({{hms|Medusa|SD-316}})

==References==

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