Reagan-McCarthy Medal of Patriotic Service Award

Award Period: FY2025 Annual | Issuing Office: Office of Ideological Compliance | Last Reviewed: 2026-03-30

Bureau of Civic Responsibility · Office of Ideological Compliance

FY2025 Annual Recognition · Bureau-Wide

                    Awarded in recognition of exceptional performance in the identification and
                    documentation of ideologically non-compliant individuals. This certificate is
                    presented to:
                

Capt. Walter E. Briggs

Office of Ideological Compliance · Subversive Activity Detection Unit

                    For achieving the highest confirmed communist identification rate in the
                    tri-county district for the FY2025 evaluation period.
                

                    Authorized by: Dir. R.H. Briggs  |  BCR Directorate  |  Seal No.
                    BCR-2025-ANN-011
                

About This Award

The Reagan-McCarthy Medal of Patriotic Service Award is presented annually by the Office of Ideological Compliance to the Bureau agent or officer who has demonstrated the most outstanding record of identifying, documenting, and referring ideologically suspect individuals for compliance review during the fiscal year.

The award was established in FY2019 following a significant uptick in detected subversive activity across the Bureau's monitored districts. The recipient is determined entirely by confirmed identification volume, as verified by the Compliance Review Board. Character references and seniority are not considered.

Note: The Bureau's selection process is administered independently by the Office of Ideological Compliance and is not subject to Directorate override. All nominations are reviewed by a panel of three senior compliance officers, none of whom report directly to the Bureau Director.

Recipient Profile — Capt. Walter E. Briggs

Capt. Walter E. Briggs — OIC, Detection Unit

Designation	Captain, Office of Ideological Compliance
Unit	Subversive Activity Detection Unit (SADU)
Years of Service	3 years
District Assignment	Tri-County District (Districts 2, 4, 6)
Specialty	Communist Identification; Ideological Pattern Analysis
FY2025 Identifications	— (highest in district; exact figure classified per Directive 9(a))
Confirmed Rate	—%

Nominating Officer's Statement

"Captain Briggs has demonstrated an instinct for subversive detection that is, frankly, remarkable for an officer with only three years of field experience. His case closure rate speaks for itself. The Bureau is fortunate to have him."

— Deputy Compliance Officer [NAME REDACTED], Office of Ideological Compliance, 2026-03-15

Director's Remarks

"I want to be very clear that I did not see the nominations before the panel made its decision. I was also not informed of the finalists. The process is completely independent of my office, as it always has been. I am, of course, enormously proud — that is, the Bureau is enormously proud — of the result. Walt — Captain Briggs — embodies the values of this institution. His mother will be very pleased."

— Dir. R.H. Briggs, BCR Directorate, 2026-03-30

Previous Recipients

Fiscal Year	Recipient	Office
FY2025 (Current)	Capt. Walter E. Briggs	Office of Ideological Compliance
FY2024	████████████████	Field Operations
FY2023	████████████████	Office of Ideological Compliance
FY2022	████████████████	Field Operations
FY2021	████████████████	Compliance Review
FY2020	████████████████	Field Operations

Prior recipient names are withheld per Bureau Personnel Privacy Directive 7(c).