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them in the order of their receipt after all U.S.
service awards. If you possess two or more awards
from the same country, the rules of the country
concerned determine the order of precedence of
those particular awards.
U.S. military personnel who received foreign
awards for service in Vietnam may wear them in
the following order of precedence:
National Order of Vietnam
Military Merit Medal
Army Distinguished Service Order
Air Force Distinguished Service Order
Navy Distinguished Service Order
Army Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal
Navy Meritorious Service Medal
Special Service Medal
Gallantry Cross
Air Gallantry Cross
Hazardous Service Medal
Lifesaving Medal
Armed Forces Honor Medal
Staff Service Medal
Technical Service Medal
Training Service Medal
Civil Actions Medal
The following foreign unit awards, listed in
their order of precedence, do not require
individual legislative authorization. Wear them
immediately after all foreign personal decorations:
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
Korean Presidential Unit Citation
Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit
Citation (Civil Actions Medal)*
*Wear the initial award (ribbon with frame
and palm) only.
The following non-U.S. service awards take
precedence immediately after foreign unit awards.
The precedence of non-U.S. service awards for
which naval personnel are eligible to qualify is as
follows:
United Nations Service Medal
United Nations Medal
Inter-American Defense Board Medal/Ribbon
Foreign service awards take precedence
immediately after non-U.S. service awards.
MARKSMANSHIP AWARDS
The following list contains the only marks-
manship badges, in their order of precedence,
authorized for wear on the naval uniform:
U.S. Distinguished International Shooter
Badge
Distinguished Marksman Badge
Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge
National Trophy Match Rifleman Excellence
in Competition Badge (Gold)
National Trophy Match Pistol Shot Excellence
in Competition Badge (Gold)
Interservice Rifle Excellence in Competition
Badge (Gold)
Interservice Pistol Shot Excellence in Competi-
tion Badge (Gold)
Navy Rifleman Excellence in Competition
Badge (Gold)
Fleet Rifleman Excellence in Competition
Badge (Gold)
Fleet Pistol Shot Excellence in Competition
Badge (Gold)
(National, Interservice, Navy and Fleet Badges
in silver and bronze continue in the above
order with silver taking
bronze)
Expert Rifleman Medal
Expert Pistol Shot Medal
Navy Rifle Marksmanship
Sharpshooter,
Marksman)
precedence over
Ribbon (Expert,
Presidents Hundred AwardRifle (enlisted
personnel only)
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