Awards and decorations of the United States military

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Awards and decorations of the United States military are military decorations which recognize a service service and personal accomplishments while a member of the United States armed forces. Together with military badges, such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a service member's career.

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[edit] Order of precedence

While each service has its own order of precedence, the following general rules apply to all services:

  1. U.S. military personal decorations
  2. U.S. military unit awards
  3. U.S. non-military personal decorations
  4. U.S. non-military unit awards
  5. U.S. military campaign awards
  6. U.S. military service and training awards
  7. U.S. Merchant Marine awards and non-military service awards
  8. Foreign military personal decorations
  9. Foreign militay unit awards
  10. Non-U.S. service awards (e.g., United Nations, NATO)
  11. Foreign military service awards
  12. Marksmanship awards (Navy and Coast Guard)
  13. State awards of the National Guard (Army)
  • Unit awards are worn on the right side in the U.S. Army.

[edit] Active United States medals and ribbons

Image:Peter Pace in dress uniform 2005.jpg
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. (ret.) Peter Pace wearing decorations.

To denote additional achievements or multiple awards of the same decoration, the United States military maintains a number of award devices which are pinned to service ribbons and medals.

[edit] National Guard and State Defense Forces decorations

[edit] Unofficial and obsolete decorations

[edit] Foreign and international decorations

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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