Ribbon spacing for unit and service (Does the spacing on service awards and unit awards have to be the same?)

2015-05-19T18:25:06-04:00

so here is the delima, I have had multiple controversy answers so thought I'd ask here. Our unit has 4 citations(3 on the bottom one on top) the only racks they sell have 1/8" spacing between the awards. Does the service awards have to have that same 1/8" spacing between awards or can you still wear a rack that is tight together?

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made May 19 at 2015 6:39 PM

2015-05-19T18:39:55-04:00

I always wore my personal ribbons on racks with no space between rows. We had the MUC and JMUA w/OLC. I would assume if you had 2 rows of unit awards you could wear them the same way.

Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 1:51 AM

2015-05-20T01:51:58-04:00

DA PAM 670-1
Table 22-1 (c)
Page 237

c. How worn. All permanent and temporary unit award emblems, with or without frames, are worn in the order of precedence from the wearer’s right to left. Award emblems are worn in rows containing no more than three emblems per row, with no space between emblems, and with up to 1/8 inch space between rows, depending upon the size of emblems with frames.

The key words are "up to 1/8", you can wear them flush. In my opinion they look much better spaced.

As a Noncommissioned Officer the best way to "justify" hearsay about what is authorized/correct on the Army uniform is to look it up in AR 670-1 or DA PAM 670-1. Asking for advice in online forums is not the way to prove a point, you are setting yourself up for failure. It would have taken the same amount of time to download DA PAM 670-1 from http://www.apd.army.mil/ as it did to post this question.

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made May 21 at 2015 1:12 AM

2015-05-21T01:12:40-04:00

When I was in Korea with the 121CSH, my permanent and temporary unit awards ended up being 5 (VUA, MUC, ASUA, NUC, KPUC). The ribbons didn't fit the 5 ribbon rack well, so I bought a 3 ribbon bar and a 2 ribbon bar and then just pinned them on the jacket separately with the appropriate spacing between (refer to my profile photo). That worked fairly well.

Response by Cpl Arwen Bernard made Aug 5 at 2017 4:23 PM

2017-08-05T16:23:01-04:00

Yes, according to the UCMJ. Yes how to wear all uniforms is covered in the UCMJ.

Response by Cadet PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 21 at 2019 4:57 AM

2019-08-21T04:57:42-04:00

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