{"id":34,"date":"2026-10-13T21:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/veteran-commendation-nominations-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:01:22","slug":"veteran-commendation-nominations-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/veteran-commendation-nominations-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Commendation nominations close Oct. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Montanans have until Wednesday, Oct. 28, to nominate a veteran for the 2026 Governor&#8217;s Veteran Commendation.<\/p>\n<p>The governor&#8217;s official page sets the deadline at 11:59 p.m. Mountain time. The state plans to announce this year&#8217;s honorees on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, with the honorees recognized in the new year.<\/p>\n<h2>Who qualifies<\/h2>\n<p>Under the posted rules, a nominee must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>live in Montana now,<\/li>\n<li>have an honorable discharge from the U.S. armed services, and<\/li>\n<li>have a record of service to their community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Veterans cannot nominate themselves. Someone else has to put their name forward. The award is not given posthumously under the current rules.<\/p>\n<p>The commendation looks at what a veteran has done since leaving the service, not just how long they served. The program counts mentoring, volunteering, civic work and helping other veterans as community service.<\/p>\n<p>The governor&#8217;s office says 230 Montana veterans have been recognized since the program began in 2021. The state publishes a list of past recipients.<\/p>\n<h2>Making a nomination<\/h2>\n<p>Family members and neighbors often know about help that never shows up in a public bio: the rides to appointments, the coaching, the work for a local post. Specific examples carry more weight than praise. Get dates and details right, and be careful with personal and military records.<\/p>\n<p>Submitting a nomination does not guarantee recognition, and the state does not promise individual status updates.<\/p>\n<p>The commendation is not a benefit program, and it is not a measure of anyone&#8217;s whole military record. Plenty of veterans who deserve thanks will never be nominated. Hi-Line families who know one can find the form on the governor&#8217;s commendation page.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/governor.mt.gov\/Contact\/VeteranCommendation\">Official Governor&#8217;s Veteran Commendation page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mt.gov\/Governors-Office\/Governor-Gianforte-Seeks-Nominations-for-2026-Montana-Governors-Veteran-Commendation\">September 2026 nominations announcement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Know a Montana veteran who keeps serving at home? Nominations for the Governor&#8217;s Veteran Commendation are due Oct. 28, and honorees will be named on Veterans Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,66,75,72,73],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-governors-veteran-commendation","tag-montana","tag-nominations","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Veteran Commendation nominations close Oct. 28 - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/veteran-commendation-nominations-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Veteran Commendation nominations close Oct. 28 - News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Know a Montana veteran who keeps serving at home? 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