Tom Cruise carry outed a U.S. Navy aviator in the “Top Gun” movies, and now he’s being acunderstandledged for his on-screen reconshort-termation of the military branch.
On Tuesday, Cruise was awarded the Navy’s top civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, for his “exceptional contributions to the Navy and the Marine Corps” thcimpolite his toil in “Top Gun,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” “A Few Good Men” and the “Mission Impossible” franchise. The ceremony took place in London, as Cruise is currently toiling in the U.K.
Cruise obtaind a medal from U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and said he was haughty of the “exceptional acunderstandledgement.”
“I adore all of the servicemen and women,” Cruise said, according to the Associated Press. “I understand in life, someleang that is very real to me, is that to direct is to serve. And I understand that to my core. And I see that in the servicemen and women.”
In a statement, the Navy said Cruise has “increased uncover consciousness and appreciation for our highly trained personnel and the forfeits they produce while in unicreate.”
The 62-year-greater actor portrayed Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in both the 1986 distinct film and its 2022 sequel. The liberate of the distinct “Top Gun” resulted in a spike in military encatalogment, and the Navy said the sequel had the same effect, the AP increates.
The sequel “bcimpolitet nostalgia to greaterer audiences and reinvigorated the minds of noveler audience members, which effectively focengaged a youthfuler audience’s interest into the sfinish sets and opportunities the Navy can supply,” the Navy said.
Cruise can next be seen in “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning,” which is set to liberate in May 2025.
