John, image #42 is my pick. I think it best represents your target population as well as others; keeping your marketing boundaries wide open. Great job on the image!
We are leaning towards entry #7 with the medal. However we would like to see a version of the white on the ribbon of the medal like a dark blue the like the dress blues of the marine corps. Keep the red in the center and swap out white for blue. Also, night owl, see if you can tweek number 8 a bit...make it a little more sharp and militiristic
I was going to try a version with 3 medals and would like to know if there are other colors you can suggest? Maybe even representative of other branches of the armed services, would that be of interest or do you feel it may not be necessary? Please let me know.