The Intrepid Freedom Award is presented to a national or international leader who has distinguished himself in promoting and defending the values of freedom and democracy, the core beliefs of our nation.
Recipients of the Intrepid Freedom Award: |
The Honorable George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States of America
Presented during Veterans Day 2008 |
The Honorable William J. Clinton
42nd President of the United States
Presented during Fleet Week 1996 |
The Honorable George Bush
41st President of the United States
Presented during Fleet Week 1994 |
The Honorable Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States
Presented at the 1993 Salute To Freedom |
His Excellency Silvio Berlusconi
Prime Minister of Italy
Presented at the 2006 Salute To Freedom |
His Excellency Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister of the State of Israel
Presented at the 1995 Salute To Freedom |
The Rt. Honorable Baroness Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Presented at the 1994 Salute To Freedom |
His Excellency Boris Yeltsin
President, Russian Federation
Presented during Fleet Week 1993 |
His Eminence John Cardinal O’Connor
Archbishop of New York
Presented during Fleet Week 1999 |
The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg
108th Mayor of the City of New York
Presented during Fleet Week 2005 |
The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani
107th Mayor of the City of New York
Presented at the 2001 Salute To Freedom |
The Honorable Newt Gingrich
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Presented during Fleet Week 1995 |
The Honorable C.W. Young
Chairman, House Appropriations Committee
Presented in August 2004 |
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States Senate
Presented at the 2004 Salute to Freedom |
The Honorable John McCain
United States Senate
Presented at the 1999 Salute To Freedom |
The Honorable Madeleine Albright
Secretary of State
Presented during Fleet Week 1997 |
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Former Secretary of State
Presented at the 2013 Salute to Freedom |
The Honorable Leon E. Panetta
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 2012 Salute to Freedom |
The Honorable Robert M. Gates
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 2009 Salute to Freedom |
The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 2003 Salute to Freedom |
The Honorable William Cohen
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 1997 Salute To Freedom |
The Honorable Richard Cheney
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 1992 Salute To Freedom |
The Honorable Robert Rubin
Secretary of the Treasury
Presented during Fleet Week 1998 |
The Honorable Tom Ridge
Secretary of Homeland Security
Presented during Fleet Week 2004 |
General Richard B. Myers, USAF
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Presented at the 2004 Salute To Freedom |
General Henry Shelton, USA
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Presented at the 1998 Salute To Freedom |
General Colin Powell, USA
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Presented at the 1996 Salute To Freedom |
General David H. Petraeus, USA
Commander, U. S. Central Command
Presented at the 2010 Salute To Freedom |
General Tommy R. Franks, USA
Commander In Chief, U.S. Central Command
Presented at the 2002 Salute To Freedom |
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Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander, United States European Command
Presented at the 2011 Salute to Freedom |
The Honorable Raymond Kelly
Commissioner, New York City Police Department
Presented at the 2006 Fleet Week Gala |
Mr. Arnold Fisher
Senior Partner, Fisher Brothers
Presented at the 2006 Salute To Freedom |