Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has received a Bronze Star for his deployment to Afghanistan 18 years ago. The governor received the award Friday during a ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland.

A firestorm swirled this summer over his false claim about receiving a Bronze Star and subsequent failure to correct the record in TV appearances, prompting Moore to apologize for what he called “an honest mistake.

Gov. Wes Moore finally got his Bronze Star, 18 years after his service in Afghanistan that got him nominated for the medal -- and after several years of political headaches over reports that claimed he received the award even though it had not been given.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore received a Bronze Star on Friday evening for his military service in Afghanistan, months after controversy over an unearthed application from 2006 where Moore claimed that

Moore, a veteran of the Army Reserves, served a deployment to Afghanistan in 2005 and 2006, and his supervisor nominated him for the Bronze Star.

The award comes months after reports that Moore claimed the award on a 2006 White House fellowship application when the paperwork had not been processed.