Navy/Marine Combat Action Ribbon Award
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item 0421 $19.95
Non Operation Specific
WWII Korea Vietnam Granada Panama Beirut Desert Storm Monrovia, Liberia Somalia Kosovo Afghanistan Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom
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This is a full size 8.5 x 11 reproduction printed on 24 lb. Onion Skin (Suitable for framing) and personalized with your Name, Rank at discharge, Date of Service
Combat Action Ribbon Criteria
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The Combat Action Ribbon was
established on February 17, 1969, by Secretary of
the Navy John H. Chafee and announced by SECNAVNOTE 1650 of
February 17, 1969. The Annual Defense Authorization Bill (Public Law
106-65) signed into law by President Clinton on October 5, 1999,
authorized the Secretary of the Navy to award the Combat Action Ribbon to
members of the Navy or Marine Corps who participated in combat during any
period after December 6, 1941. NOTE: this is
the only Navy personal decoration that has no associated medal. Awarded to members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (when the Coast Guard or units thereof operate under the control of the Navy) in the grade of captain/colonel and junior thereto, who have actively participated in ground or surface combat. Upon submission of evidence to their commanding officer, personnel who earned the Combat Infantryman Badge or Combat Medical Badge while a member of the U.S. Army may be authorized to wear the Combat Action Ribbon. The principal eligibility criterion is that the individual must have participated in a bona fide ground or surface combat fire fight or action during which he was under enemy fire and his performance while under fire was satisfactory. The following amplifying remarks are furnished as guidance. Personnel in riverine and coastal operations, assaults, patrols, sweeps, ambushes, convoys, amphibious landings, and similar activities who have participated in fire fights are eligible. Personnel assigned to areas subjected to sustained mortar, missile, and artillery attacks actively participate in retaliatory or offensive actions are eligible. Personnel in clandestine or special operations such as reconnaissance and SEAL teams are eligible when the risk of enemy fire was great and was expected to be encountered. Personnel aboard a ship are eligible when the safety of the ship and the crew were endangered by enemy attack, such as a ship hit by a mine or a ship engaged by shore, surface, air or subsurface elements. Personnel eligible for the award of the Purple Heart would not necessarily qualify for the Combat Action Ribbon The Combat Action Ribbon will not be awarded to personnel for aerial combat since the Strike/Flight Air Medal provides recognition for aerial combat exposure; however, a pilot or crewmember forced to escape or evade after being forced down could be eligible for the award. Operations. An individual, whose eligibility has been established in combat in any of the following listed operations, is authorized the award of the Combat Action Ribbon. Only one award per operation is authorized. Subsequent awards will be indicated by the use of a Gold Star on the ribbon: Vietnam From
1 March 1961 to 15 August 1973. Navy Ships approved USS LIBERTY (AGTR
5). 8 and 9 June 1967. Afghanistan - On going Iraq - On going
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