DA PAM 670-1: 22-6. Wear of service ribbons and lapel buttons

22-6. Wear of service ribbons and lapel buttons

a. Service ribbons.

(1) Where worn. All personnel may wear ribbons representing decorations, service medals, service ribbons, and

training ribbons on the ASU coat and the service uniform shirt. Female personnel may also wear ribbons on the ma-

ternity tunic.

(2) How worn. Service ribbons are worn in order of precedence from the wearer’s right to left, in one or more

rows, with either no space between rows or 1/8-inch space between rows. No more than four ribbons are worn in any

one row. Soldiers will not start a second row unless they are authorized to wear four or more ribbons. The determina-

tion of whether three or four ribbons are worn in each row is based upon the size of the coat and the position of the

lapel. The first and second rows will contain the same number of ribbons (three or four) before starting a third row.

Second and subsequent rows will either contain the same number of ribbons or less than the row below. The top row

is centered on the row beneath or may be aligned to the wearer’s left, whichever presents the best appearance (see fig

22–1).

(a) Male personnel. On the ASU coat and service uniform shirt, male Soldiers wear the ribbons centered 1/8 inch

above the left breast pocket. Ribbon mounts will remain centered above the pocket even if the top ribbon row is offset

(see fig 22–2).

(b) Female personnel. On the ASU coat, service uniform shirt, and the maternity tunic, female Soldiers wear the

ribbons centered on the left side, with the bottom row positioned parallel to the bottom edge of the nameplate. Female

Soldiers may adjust the placement of the ribbons to conform to individual body shape differences (see fig 22–3).

(c) Army green service uniform. On the AGSU coat, Soldiers wear the ribbons centered 1/8 inch above the left

breast pocket. Ribbon mounts will remain centered above the pocket even if the top ribbon row is offset (see fig 22–4).

Ribbons are not authorized on the AGSU shirt.

b. Lapel buttons. Lapel buttons are miniature enameled replicas of an award that are worn only on civilian cloth-

ing. Male Soldiers wear the buttons on the left lapel of civilian clothing. Female Soldiers wear the buttons in a similar

location on their civilian attire.

c. Gold star lapel button. Soldiers authorized to wear the gold star lapel button (see AR 670–1) will wear it on the

ASU and AGSU coats as follows: enlisted Soldiers will wear the gold star lapel button centered both vertically and

horizontally on the wearer’s left lapel; officers will wear the gold star lapel button centered on the wearer’s left lapel

1/4 inch below the branch insignia. Personnel will not wear these buttons for official photographs or for promotion or

selection boards. If authorized both the gold star lapel button and the next of kin lapel button, Soldiers wear them as

instructed by this paragraph, but side by side with at least 1/4 inch between the buttons. There is no order of precedence

between the buttons.

d. Next of kin lapel button. Soldiers authorized to wear the next of kin lapel button (see AR 670–1) will wear it on

the ASU and AGSU coats as follows: enlisted Soldiers will wear the next of kin lapel button centered both vertically

and horizontally on the wearer’s left lapel; officers will wear the next of kin lapel button centered on the wearer’s left

lapel 1/4 inch below the branch insignia. Personnel will not wear these buttons for official photographs or for promo-

tion or selection boards. If authorized both the gold star lapel button and the next of kin lapel button, Soldiers wear

them as instructed by this paragraph, but side by side with at least 1/4 inch between the buttons. There is no order of

precedence between the buttons.