{"id":7804,"date":"2025-11-20T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7804"},"modified":"2025-11-20T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:00:23","slug":"us-major-general-matthew-j-van-wagenen-receives-romanias-military-virtue-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7804","title":{"rendered":"US Major General Matthew J. Van Wagenen receives Romania\u2019s \u2018Military Virtue\u2019 order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Nicu\u0219or Dan has signed a decree awarding Major General Matthew J. Van Wagenen one of Romania\u2019s highest military honors, the \u201cMilitary Virtue\u201d Order, Knight rank, the Presidency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ro\/ro\/media\/comunicate-de-presa\/decret-de-decorare-semnat-de-presedintele-romaniei-nicusor-dan1763556620\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> on Wednesday, November 19.<\/p>\n<p>The decoration recognizes the US General\u2019s career in senior command and staff positions within the American Armed Forces and NATO, as well as his contribution to joint missions and support for Romania\u2019s military activities under NATO\u2019s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, the same source said.<\/p>\n<p>The award is being granted in appreciation of Van Wagenen\u2019s \u201cexceptional military career\u201d and his \u201coutstanding support\u201d for strengthening cooperation between Romania and NATO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The distinction is issued with the peacetime insignia for military personnel.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">C<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">ateyeperspective\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nicu\u0219or Dan has signed a decree awarding Major General Matthew J. Van Wagenen one of Romania\u2019s highest military honors, the \u201cMilitary Virtue\u201d Order, Knight rank, the Presidency announced on Wednesday, November 19. The decoration recognizes the US General\u2019s career in senior command and staff positions within the American Armed Forces and NATO, as well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}