24 plus pages in full color.Covers all Navy ribbons: Distinguished Service Cross Decorations authorized to be awarded as hereinafter prescribed, are: a. POSTAGE (Flat rate, per order): UK orders over 20 - FREE UK Orders under 20 - 99p . to active duty status. 8. involving moral .turpitude, a new qualifying period shall begin The initial award is the ribbon/medal with one bronze star. Bronze "V" device is worn by Navy and Marine Corps personnel to denote valor. serving or have served in military expeditions to combat terrorism. 3. When the "A" is worn no star shall be worn upon the ribbon. Those airmen who had previously earned the Good Conduct Medal were still authorized to wear it. last three months of service may be waived. All personnel of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard who have received an individual letter of commendation signed by the Secretary of the Navy, Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet or Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet for an act of heroism or service performed between 6 December 1941 and 11 January 1944, are automatically authorized to wear the Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant. Air Force Cross, Homeland Security Dist. Military Medal & Ribbon Attachments, Devices, and Service Stars Ribbon Attachments and devices used on American Medals and Ribbons to denote additional awards and campaigns on specific decorations and awards. below refers to being under the age of 18 and not to any Awards will be made to personnel who served in the naval service subsequent to 5 April 1917 and prior to 7 December 1941 who meet the above requirements, only on receipt of application from them or their next-of-kin. (Navy-Marine Corps) For junior officers and enlisted personnel whose professional and/or leadership achievements on or after May 1, 1961, are clearly of a superlative nature. [10] Originally, the service requirement for the CGGCM was four continuous years of service. 12. Apr. For heroism or extraordinary achievement in aerial flight. Members of the military, naval, or air forces of foreign governments while serving with the military or naval forces of the United States, while participating in an aerial flight. Such recommendations should meet the following conditions: a. Navy Awards. In all cases of relative priority Navy awards will take precedence. "The Air Medal and appurtenances thereto shall be of appropriate design approved by the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Treasury, and, under such regulations as said Secretaries may prescribe, may be awarded by the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Treasury, or by such commanding officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard as the said Secretaries may respectively designate. "The special pension allowed under this act shall not be subject to any attachment, execution, levy, tax, lien, or detention under any process whatever. Personnel must have participated in a military action or manuever that provides humanitarian aid. included in computing time served. around" good Navy enlisted person, well qualified in all phases "Upon written application made to the Secretary of the proper department, and subject to the conditions and requirements hereinafter contained, the name of each surviving person who has served in the military or naval service of the United States in any war, who has attained or shall attain the age of 65 years, and who has been awarded a Medal of Honor for having in action involving actual conflict with an enemy distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry or intrepidity, at the risk of his life, above and beyond the call of duty, and who was honorably discharged from the service by muster out, resignation, or otherwise, shall be, by the Secretary of the proper department, entered and recorded on said roll. 4), provides: "That the President be, and he hereby is, further authorized to present, but not in the name of Congress, a Silver Star Medal of appropriate design and a ribbon together with a rosette or other device to be worn in lieu thereof, to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Navy of the United States, since 6 December 1941, has distinguished himself or who hereafter shall distinguish himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity in action, such gallantry and service not being sufficient to justify the award of a Medal of Honor or a Navy Cross. 10. The insignia will be a bronze replica of the official U. S. Marine Corps emblem five-sixteenths inch in height and shall be worn centered on the appropriate campaign ribbon. MM-Rifle-B (Reserves only). with the date following the 58. The recommendation should contain a specific statement setting forth the particular flight on which the recommendation is based. Cunningham, US Navy Relative to events on Wake Island in December 1941, and subsequent related events, Narrative of Joshua Davis an American Citizen 1811, Narrative of the Capture, Sufferings and Escape of Capt. g. All recommendations for the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and Distinguished Service Medal shall be forwarded via the administrative chain of command and the Chief of Naval Operations for pertinent comments and positive recommendations before transmittal to the Navy Department Board of Decorations and Medals. The Secretary of the Navy on 11 January 1944 (AlNav-11-44) authorized the Commendation Ribbon and on 22 March 1950 established the Metal Pendant for the Commendation Ribbon. . c. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. Purple Heart. Per the regulation, the Combat Readiness medal is awarded to "any member of U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, or Air Force Reserve, who have accomplished sustained individual combat mission readiness in an Air Force weapon system or who have undertaken the preparedness for direct weapon-system employment. Record of medical treatment for wounds or injuries received in action as prescribed above must have been made a matter of official record during the period of hostilities or within 6 months thereafter. 1915; act of 4 Feb. 1919; act of 7 Aug. 1942, which supersedes above acts. which are of the performance evaluation report that contains the Any person serving with the naval service of the United States who distinguishes himself by extraordinary heroism in connection with military operation against an armed enemy. received in combat against an opposing armed force, the award 4.8 out of 5 stars 129. The medal was authorized by Congress on 6 July 1960, but not created until 1 June 1963. 11. Not to be confused with the Silver Star medal, Bronze Star Medal, or 5/16 inch stars A service star is a miniature metal device worn by members of the seven uniformed services of the United States on medals and ribbons issued by the uniformed services to denote additional awards or periods of service. 4. Bronze "V" device worn to denote valor. purpose of earning the Reserve service prior to 1 January 2014 earned towards the naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal may be applied towards award of the Navy Good Conduct Medal. In the case of proposed Marine Corps recipients for the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, or Distinguished Service Medal, the recommendations should be forwarded via the Commandant of the Marine Corps, before transmittal to the Chief of Naval Operations. 9. Such letter shall be one-fourth inch in height and shall be worn centered on the service ribbon of the Navy Expeditionary Medal. Sold for 576 inc. premium. [5], 516 inch stars are worn on a medal suspension and service ribbon with one point of the star pointing up. (b) If the service record contains record of NJP, a Purpose. Awards to personnel of the Coast Guard when serving under his jurisdiction shall be made by or under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy.". U.S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal Normally members of the naval service are awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for outstanding heroic acts in saving or attempting to rescue any person from drowning. 1. Executive Order No. Uniform Regulations, this change does not affect the four-year (2) A silver oak leaf cluster is worn in lieu of five bronze oak leaf clusters. f. In the event any Navy or Marine Corps unit recommended for a unit award operated under a joint commander for any portion of the time contained in the recommendation, an expression of opinion concerning the meritorious services of that unit shall be obtained from the joint commander concerned. The member's rate, name, branch of Service, and number If the recipient of a Medal of Honor is within reasonable distance, he will be ordered to Washington and the presentation will be made by the President of the United States, or by the Secretary of the Navy as the President's personal representative. If oak leaf clusters on one ribbon are tilted, clusters on all ribbons will be tilted for standardization. 1. 1. Air Force personnel were issued the Army Good Conduct Medal between 1947 and 1963 and for those serving both before and after 1963, the Army and Air Force Good Conduct Medals could be worn simultaneously on an Air Force uniform. For meritorious direct participation in a significant military act or operation of a humanitarian nature performed after April 1, 1975. Awarded by the secretary of defense for superior meritorious service while in a position of significant responsibility while assigned to a joint activity. The Secretary of the Navy shall award the Purple Heart posthumously, in the name of the President of the United States, to any person who while serving in any capacity with the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States after April 5, 1917, has been or may hereafter be, killed, or who has died or may hereafter die subsequent to being wounded, (a) in any action against an enemy of the United States, (b) in any action with an opposing armed force of a foreign country in which the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged, or (c) as the result of an act of any such enemy or opposing armed force. (3) Performance marks required during period of Effective 1 January 2014, Navy Reserve members are eligible for the navy Good Conduct Medal (NGCM) Additionaly, the Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal will no longer be awarded. Navy and Marine Corps Medal WW2 USN USMC 1/2" Occupation Service Ribbon Bar Missing Star . reverting to an The CNO has review authority over the NGCM and designates Pending approval, enlisted Space Force members are still awarded the Air Force Good Conduct Medal.[16]. Antarctica Service Medal, Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal to three years effective 1 January 1996, in accordance with Navy $6.60 shipping. Naval Armed Guard Service in World War II, Naval Gun Factory (Washington Navy Yard) Facilities Data: World War II, Naval Memorial Service, Casting Flowers on the Sea in Honor of the Naval Dead, Naval Yarns by Captain Bartlett [manuscript], Navy and Defense Reform: A Short History and Reference Chronology, Pt.