Posted on Nov 6, 2015
When are you authorized to wear two of the same ribbon?
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When are you authorized to wear two of the same ribbon? I've only seen it one time and it's on the current Sergeant Major of the Army's dress uniform he wears two AAM ribbons.
DA Pam 670-1
Dress Uniform
Awards
Ribbons
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As far as the Navy and Marine Corps is concerned, The Medal of Honor if twice awarded would be the only time a ribbon is worn twice.
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GySgt Jim Walker
Here is a candid private photo of Generals Smedley Butler and John A. Lejeune having a smoke together circa 1919. It's interesting to note that General Lejeune wears the older style "bell crown" cap while General Butler wears the newer style. Also you can see the top two ribbons on General Butler's chest are for his two Medals of Honor, the only USMC Officer to achieve this.
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George Avery
Butler was not the only Marine to be awarded two Medals of Honor. Five Marines (Charles Hoffman, Luis Cukela, Matej Kocak, John Kelly, and John Pruitt) were awarded both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor after Belleau Woods in WWI. Daniel Daley won two Medals of Honor in separate conflicts - the Boxer Rebellion and 1915 intervention in Haiti. Nine Sailors and three Army troops (including Capt Tom Custer, brother of George Armstrong Custer) have won two. Current law prohibits the actual award of a second - it is now the award of a device to the first medal. Army Capt. Robert Howard (5th SFG, 1st SOG) was nominated for THREE Medals of Honor in Vietnam before finally being awarded one. The first two were downgraded to a DSC and Silver Star because the actions were on classified SOG missions in countries in SE Asia where we officially weren't supposed to be.
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SPC Voye, Please take the time to read AR 670-1 and AR 600-8-22 (the entire regulations). Back when I was in, Army regulations and Field Manuals were required readings by "some" of my NCO's. I was reading these regs on my on volition when I was a private.
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i been out awhile but i thought additional ribbons were always clusters, oak leaf etc. to denote a second award. But I sure as sh!t am not going up and ask the CSMA about it LOL, my but still hurts from the last chewing i got Draw straws?
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Help me out guys, why not just use numbers? My Dad has a number (V 18) on his Air Medal.
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You are not. Where the Army is concerned...a subsequent award of some individual medals (usually performance of duty Awards (DSC, Silver Star, Bronze Star, MSM, ARCOM AAM etc) gets you one bronze oak leaf cluster for each subsequent award. Once you receive your sixth subsequent award you get a single silver oak leaf cluster. Even if you receive the same award from another service the rule still applies. The Medal of Honor is an exception...Since February 1919, no single individual can be awarded more than one Medal of Honor for the same action, although a member of one branch of the armed forces can receive the Medal of Honor from another branch if the actions for which it was awarded occurred under the authority of the second branch. In that case a subsequent award of the MOH gets an entire new award.
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I have always wondered. I have an ARCOM with one Silver and two Bronze Oak Leaves. My problem is I also have a Valor device, Do I wear thaat on it's own ribbon or with the clusters?
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I also think you wear two if one has a "V" device, correct? Ie you have a BSM then get a BSM for Valor. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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