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Marine Corps Brevet Medal; Marine Corps Combat Instructor Ribbon; Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal; Marine Corps Reserve Ribbon; Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon; Meritorious Service Medal (United States) Meritorious Unit Commendation
A further unit citation cord of the Order of William of the Netherlands was also issued during World War II, and was far more commonly known as the "Orange Lanyard". As of 2002, South Korea has again issued the Korean Presidential Unit Citation to certain units of the United States Marine Corps, thus placing this previously obsolete foreign ...
U.S. Marine Corps: 20–24 November 1943: Tarawa: 4th Marine Division (Reinforced) U.S. Marine Corps: 15 June-1 August 1944 Battle of Saipan, Battle of Tinian and Battle of Iwo Jima: 1st Marine Division: U.S. Marine Corps: 15–19 September 1944: Battle of Peleliu and Negesebus: VMFA-124 and 213: U.S. Marine Corps: 16 Feb-11 May 1943 and 3–22 ...
The CAR is the highest rated ribbon-only award in the U.S. military decorations order of precedence and is superseded only by medals of meritorious achievement and combat valor. An individual whose eligibility has been established in combat in any of the following listed operations may be authorized award of the Combat Action Ribbon.
This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal; Marine Corps Reserve Ribbon; Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon; Marksmanship badges (United States) Marksmanship Device; Marksmanship Medal; Marksmanship ribbon; Massachusetts Medal of Liberty; Meritorious Service Medal (United States) Meritorious Unit Commendation; Military decorations of the Cold War
The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military decoration presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service. Each branch of the United States Armed Forces issues its own version of the Commendation Medal, with a fifth version existing for acts of joint military service performed under the Department of Defense.
In addition to the standard marksmanship badges, the Marine Corps has numerous marksmanship competition badges that are authorized for wear on the Marine Corps uniform as permanent awards. These badges are awarded alongside trophies that are present to the top-performing Marines at Marine Corps sponsored marksmanship competitions.