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Commandant's Letter of Commendation. Navy Combat Action Ribbon. Coast Guard Combat Action Ribbon. Air Force Combat Action Medal. Coast Guard Presidential Unit Citation. Joint Meritorious Unit Award. Army Valorous Unit Award. Navy Unit Commendation. Air Force Gallant Unit Citation.
Coast Guard Unit Commendation. Army Meritorious Unit Commendation. Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation. Air Force Meritorious Unit Award.
Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation. Army Superior Unit Award. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation.
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award. Coast Guard "E" Ribbon. Prisoner of War Medal. Army Good Conduct Medal. Navy Good Conduct Medal. Air Force Good Conduct Medal. Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal.
Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal. Combat Readiness Medal Air Force. Outstanding Airman of the Year Ribbon. Air Force Recognition Ribbon. Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal. Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal. Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal. Armed Forces Reserve Medal. Furthermore, the U. Army mandates that all unit awards will be worn separate from individual awards on the opposite side of a military uniform. The Army is the only service to require this separation between unit and individual decorations.
All Army unit awards are worn enclosed in a gold frame. The Spanish-American War was the first widespread award of campaign medals , both for service in the actual conflict and for participation in subsequent garrison and occupation duty. After the Spanish-American War, however, medals in the U. Army fell into disuse and, apart from a few peacetime Medal of Honor decorations, two medals for service in Mexico, or on the border, during the period , plus the Civil War Campaign Medal and the Indian Campaign Medal , both finally authorized in , there were no further Army decorations created until the First World War.
World War I saw the first widespread distribution of medals for combat, as the Medal of Honor returned awarded for bravery in battle against an enemy force. The Distinguished Service Cross was also created for those soldiers who had performed feats of bravery but not to the level required of the Medal of Honor.
In the s and '30s, the U. Army issued very few decorations and it was often common for a service member to spend an entire career without receiving a single medal.
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