Posted on Mar 15, 2021

Where can I find guidance on wearing the Army Service Uniform as an officer with Air Force ribbons and unit awards?

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I am a prior service Airman who commissions in the Army in May. Although I have read in AR 600-8-22 sec 5-2 that I am authorized to wear my previously earned awards (with the exception of two), I am uncertain of how it would look in an Army uniform. Also, I have individual awards with a gold border which means they were earned in a combat zone, so they are worn on the left. Gold borders in the Army means that they are unit awards and worn on the right. My questions are:

1. Are the gold border (individual) awards I earned still worn on the left?
2. Are the unit awards I have authorized, even though they don't have the gold borders?
3. Or is it best if I just do not wear my ribbons?

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CSM Darieus ZaGara

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670-1 tells it all.

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Spoken like a true hard core CSM.

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The individual awards would all go on the left and the unit awards on the right. As long as the unit award is a recognized federal award you should be able to wear it.

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SFC Steven Borders

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LTC Jason Mackay thank you Sir. I didn’t want to give him the wrong info as I know some awards may look like our unit awards but are their individual awards. That’s a great point in using rack builder as well.

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