The "R" Device, or "Remote Impact Device", is a miniature bronze R that may be placed on certain individual awards of the United States Armed Forces to denote remote employment of a weapons systems that has a direct impact on a combat operation. Being established on March 15, 2017, the "R" device is one of the newer military devices. The "R" Device replaced the earlier effort by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta to create the Distinguished Warfare Medal in 2013.

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