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Wear of Decorations, Service Medals, Badges, Unit Awards, and Appurtenances

Wear of full-size U.S. and foreign decorations and service medals

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a. Where worn. All personnel may wear full-size decorations and service medals on the Army blue and white uniforms. When the Army green dress uniform is worn to social functions, enlisted personnel may wear full-size decorations and service medals on the coat of the green dress uniform. b. How worn. Personnel wear all full-size decorations, except the Medal of Honor (see para c, below) in the order of precedence from the wearer’s right to left,…

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Wear of Decorations, Service Medals, Badges, Unit Awards, and Appurtenances

Wear of service ribbons and lapel buttons

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a. Ribbons. (1) Where worn. Personnel may wear ribbons representing decorations, service medals, service ribbons, and training ribbons on the following uniforms. (a) Male personnel. On the coats of the Army green, blue, and white uniforms, and on the AG shade 415 shirt. (b) Female personnel. On the coats of the Army green, blue, and white uniforms, the maternity tunic, and the AG shade 415 shirt. (2) How worn. (a) General. Ribbons are worn in…

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Wear of Decorations, Service Medals, Badges, Unit Awards, and Appurtenances

Order of precedence by category of medal

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The following list indicates the order of precedence by category when medals from two or more categories are worn at the same time. a. U.S. military decorations. b. U.S. unit awards. c. U.S. non-military decorations. d. U.S. service (campaign) medals, and service and training ribbons. e. U.S. Merchant Marine awards. f. U.S. non-military unit awards. g. Foreign military decorations. h. Foreign unit awards. i. Non-U.S. service awards. j. State awards for ARNG soldiers.

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Wear of Decorations, Service Medals, Badges, Unit Awards, and Appurtenances

When wear of awards is prohibited.

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The wear of awards is prohibited in the following circumstances. a. On any uniform other than those authorized in this regulation. (See section 704, title 18, United States Code (18 USC 704) for the penalty for unauthorized wear of the uniform.) b. When serving a sentence of confinement. c. When wearing civilian clothing, except for civilian awards, lapel buttons, or rosettes intended for wear with civilian clothing. Soldiers may wear miniature medals on formal civilian…

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Wear of Decorations, Service Medals, Badges, Unit Awards, and Appurtenances

Authorization

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a. Commanders may require the wear of awards on the following occasions. (1) Parades, reviews, inspections, and funerals. (2) Ceremonial and social occasions. b. Awards are worn at the option of the wearer when not prohibited during normal duty hours. Personnel also may wear awards on appropriate uniforms when off duty (see para 29–4, below). Personnel are encouraged to wear authorized awards on the service, dress, and mess uniforms. c. Soldiers may wear awards on…

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Uniform Accessories

General

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This chapter covers the decorations, medals, badges, unit awards and appurtenances, both U.S. and foreign, authorized for wear on Army uniforms. The term “awards” is an all-inclusive term covering any decoration, medal, badge, ribbon, or appurtenance bestowed on an individual or unit. The term “awards” is used throughout this chapter. The term “ribbon” is an all-inclusive term covering that portion of the suspension ribbon of a service medal or decoration that is worn instead of…

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Wear of Insignia and Accouterments

Distinctive Items Authorized for Other than Infantry Personnel

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a. Organizational flash. (1) Description. A shield-shaped embroidered patch, with a semicircular bottom, approximately 2 1/4 inches long and 1 7/8 inches wide. (2) Approval authority. The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army, approves the color selection or color combination of the flash for each organization. The flash is provided without cost to enlisted personnel. (3) How worn. The flash is sewn centered on the stiffener of the beret (see figs 28.11 and 28.12). (4) By…

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Wear of Insignia and Accouterments

Distinctive Items Authorized for Infantry Personnel

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a. Cord, shoulder. (1) Description. The shoulder cord is infantry blue, and it is formed by a series of interlocking square knots around a center cord. (2) Approval authority. The commanding general of the U.S. Army Infantry Center authorizes the award of the shoulder cord to infantrymen who have successfully completed the appropriate training. For Army National Guard soldiers, commanders of divisions, separate brigades, infantry regiments, the infantry scout group, and state adjutants general for…

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Wear of Insignia and Accouterments

Brassards

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a. Brassards are worn as identification to designate personnel who are required to perform a special task or to deal with the public. Brassards are made of cloth; they are 17 to 20 inches long and 4 inches wide and of colors specified. When more than one color is specified for the brassard, the colors are of equal width and run lengthwise on the brassard. Brassards are worn on the left sleeve of the outer…

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Wear of Insignia and Accouterments

Overseas service bars

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Interested in AR-670-1 compliant military boots? Click HERE to read the top 10 list of the best AR670-1 compliant military boots!   a. Large. A goldenlite rayon-embroidered bar, 3/16 inches wide 15/16 inches long, on a green background that forms a 3/32-inch border around the bar. All personnel are authorized to wear the large overseas service bar. Enlisted soldiers must wear large overseas service bars with large rank and service stripe insignia. b. Small. A…

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