Editing Distinguished Service Order (section)

== Modern era ==
Since 1993, reflecting [[1993 reviews of the British honours system|the review of the British honours system]] which recommended removing distinctions of rank in respect of operational awards, the DSO has been open to all ranks, with the award criteria redefined as "highly successful command and leadership during active operations".<ref name=dsomod>{{cite web |access-date=17 February 2010 |title=Distinguished Service Order |publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] |url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceFor/Veterans/Medals/DistinguishedServiceOrder.htm}}</ref> At the same time, the [[Conspicuous Gallantry Cross]] was introduced as the second-highest award for gallantry.<ref name="Duckers">{{cite book |last1=Duckers |first1=Peter |title=British gallantry awards: 1855-2000 |date=2001 |publisher=Shire Publications |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-7478-0516-8 |pages=18–23}}</ref> Despite some very fierce campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, the DSO has yet to be awarded to a non-commissioned rank.<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a802607ed915d74e33f8bb2/JSP761_Part1.pdf
www.gov.uk]</ref>

The DSO was previously awarded throughout the Commonwealth but by the 1990s most, including [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada|Canada]], [[Australian Honours System|Australia]] and [[New Zealand Royal Honours System|New Zealand]], were had established their own honours systems no longer recommending British honours.<ref>{{cite book |title=Medal Yearbook 2015 |year=2015 |publisher=Token Publishing |location=Honiton, Devon |isbn=978-1-908-828-16-3 |pages=90, 429, 459}}</ref>