Under the provisions of Department of Defense 1348.33-M, the Secretary of Defense has awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal to Colonel (Infantry) Dennis Carl Dimengo, United States Army, for exceptionally superior service to the Department of Defense as National Security Fellow at Harvard University, and later on the Joint Staff from 1993 to 1996. The distinctive accomplishments of Colonel (Infantry) Dimengo reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Army, and the Department of Defense.