Under the provisions of Department of Defense 1348.33-M, the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America takes pleasure in awarding the Defense Superior Service Medal to Brigadier General John Griffin Jones, United States Army, for exceptionally superior service to the Department of Defense as Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense from 1972 to 1975. The distinctive accomplishments of Brigadier General Jones reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Army, and the Department of Defense.