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COAST GUARD CROSS -  The Coast Guard Cross is a military decoration of the United States Coast Guard.   Established by Act of Congress on October 15, 2010, it is intended to recognize members of the United States Coast Guard for extraordinary heroism in action, while not operating under the Department of the Navy.   Coast Guard members serving under the United States Navy would be eligible for the Navy Cross.  This medal, though approved, has not yet been awarded.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS -  The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Army (and previously, the United States Army Air Forces and the United States Air Force), for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force.  Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree that they are above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations but do not meet the criteria for the Medal of Honor.

NAVY CROSS -  The Navy Cross is the United States military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat.  The Navy Cross is awarded primarily to a member of the United States Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, or U.S. Coast Guard (when operating under the Department of the Navy) for extraordinary heroism.   The medal is equivalent to the Army's Distinguished Service Cross, the Air Force's Air Force Cross and the Coast Guard's Coast Guard Cross.

AIR FORCE CROSS -  The Air Force Cross is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Air Force.  The Air Force Crossis the Air Force decoration equivalent to the Distinguished Service Cross (Army), the Navy Cross (Navy and Marine Corps), and the Coast Guard Cross (Coast Guard).

TESTINA LENTE TEMPUS EDAX RERUM - Translates (Latin & French)  "Make Haste Slowly, Time Devours all Things".

CHRIST (JESUS) -  Meaning: anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word translated “Messiah” Christ is the official title of our Lord, occurring 1,514 in the New Testament.   It denotes that he was anointed or consecrated to his great redemptive work as Prophet, Priest, and King of his people. He is Jesus the Christ (Acts 17:3; 18:5), the Anointed One.   He is thus spoken of by Isaiah (61:1), and by Daniel (9:24-26), who describes him as “Messiah the Prince.”  

GIRL SCOUTS -  The Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly called in America as simply the Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad.   Founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, it was organized after Low met Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, in 1911.   Upon returning to Savannah, Georgia, she telephoned a distant cousin, saying, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!"

CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -  The Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.) was founded in 1895 by Harriett Lothrop.  After the idea for a children’s branch was proposed at the Daughters of the American Revolution Continental Congress, the organization was promptly chartered by the United States Congress.

SHINTO -  Shinto also called kami-no-michi, is a Japanese religion.  It focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.   Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written historical records of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki in the 8th century.   Still, these earliest Japanese writings do not refer to a unified "Shinto religion", but rather to a collection of native beliefs and mythology.