Posted on Jan 30, 2020
What are the USMC regulations addressing service stripes?
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I am a Marine Corps Viet Nam veteran and a purple heart recipient. During the Viet Nam era the Marine Corps had a 2yr active duty and a 4yr reserve enlistment. Does this qualify me for a service stripe ?
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MCO 1020.34H
4008. SERVICE STRIPES (See figures 4-6, 4-7, and 4-8)
1. All enlisted personnel will wear one service stripe for any four-year period of honorable service, creditable for retirement (under 10 U.S.C. 1332), in any, or a combination of the following services:
a. U.S. Marine Corps
b. U.S. Navy
c. U.S. Army
d. U.S. Air Force
e. U.S. Coast Guard
f. Any Reserve component of the Armed Forces or the National Guard (other than on the retired list).
g. Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service or Coast and Geodetic Survey (only under certain circumstances).
2. Entitlement to service stripes starts with the Armed Forces Active Duty Base Date and is computed by adding all periods of qualifying service, continuous or otherwise. Qualifying service for reservists are earned only for full years - 1 year of creditable service for each one-year period when a minimum of 50 retirement points are accumulated.
4008. SERVICE STRIPES (See figures 4-6, 4-7, and 4-8)
1. All enlisted personnel will wear one service stripe for any four-year period of honorable service, creditable for retirement (under 10 U.S.C. 1332), in any, or a combination of the following services:
a. U.S. Marine Corps
b. U.S. Navy
c. U.S. Army
d. U.S. Air Force
e. U.S. Coast Guard
f. Any Reserve component of the Armed Forces or the National Guard (other than on the retired list).
g. Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service or Coast and Geodetic Survey (only under certain circumstances).
2. Entitlement to service stripes starts with the Armed Forces Active Duty Base Date and is computed by adding all periods of qualifying service, continuous or otherwise. Qualifying service for reservists are earned only for full years - 1 year of creditable service for each one-year period when a minimum of 50 retirement points are accumulated.
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No. Your service stripes are based off all of your time, Active, Guard and/or Reserves. as long as you were either on active duty or on drill status. Your four years on IRR do not count.
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CWO3 (Join to see)
4 years total active or active reserve for a hashmark, but your still a Marine and WIA (PH). Welcome home.
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Four continuous active duty enlistment equals one service strip. I did six years w/ one service stripe.
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Cpl Steve Eaton
Cpl. Hoffman, Every 4 years and a day you get that Hash mark of active duty in the Marines! IF u were in 8 years and a day, U would get two Hashmarks ! Comprende!
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