Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard
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Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard
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Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard are military medals and ribbons of the United States Coast Guard which are currently issued under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.
Prior to 2002, such awards were issued by the Secretary of Transportation and Coast Guard personnel were eligible to receive a variety of Department of Transportation (DOT) civilian decorations. Since transferring to the Department of Homeland Security, the issuance of DOT awards has been discontinued in the Coast Guard, although such awards may still be seen on active duty Coast Guard uniforms.
Coast Guard military awards are similar to U.S. Navy decorations and Coast Guard personnel are eligible to receive all inter-service awards and decorations, authorized foreign awards and international decorations.
The current active awards and decorations of the U.S. Coast Guard are as follows:[1]
Coast Guard Decorations
| Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal | Coast Guard Medal | Coast Guard Commendation Medal | Coast Guard Achievement Medal | Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal |
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Coast Guard Lifesaving Medals
| Gold Lifesaving Medal | Silver Lifesaving Medal |
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Coast Guard Good Conduct Medals
| Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal | Coast Guard Reserve Good Conduct Medal |
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Coast Guard Marksmanship Awards/Medals
| President's Hundred Tab |
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| Coast Guard Distinguished Marksman Award/Badge | Coast Guard Distinguished Pistol Shot Award/Badge | Coast Guard Rifleman Excellence in Competition Award/Badge Awarded in silver & bronze (National & Interservice awarded in gold, silver & bronze) |
Coast Guard Pistol Shot Excellence in Competition Award/Badge Awarded in silver & bronze (National & Interservice awarded in gold, silver & bronze) |
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| Coast Guard Expert Rifleman Medal | Coast Guard Expert Pistol Shot Medal |
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Coast Guard Unit Awards
| Coast Guard Presidential Unit Citation | Coast Guard Unit Commendation | Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation | Meritorious Team Commendation | Coast Guard "E" Ribbon |
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Coast Guard Service ribbons
| Commandant's Letter of Commendation Ribbon | Coast Guard Combat Action Ribbon | Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon | Special Operations Service Ribbon | Coast Guard Sea Service Ribbon |
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| Restricted Duty Ribbon | Coast Guard Overseas Service Ribbon | Coast Guard Basic Training Honor Graduate Ribbon | Coast Guard Recruiting Service Ribbon |
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| Coast Guard Rifle Marksmanship Ribbons | Coast Guard Pistol Marksmanship Ribbons |
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Order of precedence
The following is the ribbon order of precedence authorized for wear by the U.S. Coast Guard. The list contains awards and decorations for the departments of Defense (including Army, Navy and Air Force), Homeland Security and Transportation:
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- Bold = denotes agency-level (DHS or DOT) award or U.S. Coast Guard award
- Bold italic = denotes U.S. Coast Guard award is obsolete
- Italic = denotes award is obsolete
- Personal decorations
- Unit decorations
- Conduct medals
- U.S. service, campaign and training awards
- Authorized non-U.S. service awards and foreign decorations
- Marksmanship awards
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