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	Battle Streamers
		For campaigns since the mid-19th century, these streamers are of the same design as the service medals worn by individuals for service in the corresponding conflict.
		In general, a single streamer is carried for each war or series of operations, in contrast to the Army and Air Force, which carry a streamer for each campaign or battle.
		In addition, the award of unit citations is also reflected by attaching streamers in the colors of the medal ribbon that goes with the award.
	mysite.verizon.net /vzeohzt4/Seaflags/streamers/streamer.html (185 words)

	CAMPAIGN, WAR SERVICE AND UNIT AWARD STREAMERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Campaign streamers displayed by organizations do not have the date of the campaign embroidered on the streamer unless it is part of the name (e.g.
		The streamer is the same pattern as the Silver Star Medal ribbon consisting of a blue ribbon with a red center stripe with a white stripe on each side of the center and a narrow white stripe on the blue.
		Streamers displayed by these battalions/squadrons are a duplicate of the streamers authorized for the regiment unless the battalion is authorized an additional streamer.
	www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil /CampaignStreamers/Campaign.htm (3567 words)

	Colours, Guidons & Streamers of the US Army
		The original directive prescribed that there would be a silk streamer for each war in which the organization participated in the theatre of operations and to be the colour of the campaign ribbon for the different wars.
		The streamer reflects campaign participation credit and is the campaign or service ribbon design authorized for the soldiers for that specific conflict or operation during the period.
		The Asiatic Pacific Campaign streamer is yellow with a narrow blue, white and red centre stripe and a narrow white, red and white stripe on each side.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-flags/colours-usa.htm (2049 words)

	Campaign streamer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A campaign streamer is a long streamer attached to the headpiece of a military flag, denoting participation of that military service in a particular battle/campaign/war (not to be confused with a tassel, which also hangs from a headpiece).
		The United States Army established campaign streamers in 1928, The United States Marine Corps established campaign streamers in 1939, The United States Air Force established campaign streamers in 1956, The United States Coast Guard established campaign streamers in 1968, and finally The United States Navy established campaign streamers in 1971.
		Stars on the Navy streamers follow the practice initiated during the World War II period for ribbons and medals -- that is, a bronze star for each action, and a silver star in lieu of five bronze stars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Campaign_streamer (527 words)

	Military campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Military campaigns are usually a connected series of battles (or instances of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group seeks to defeat the others) and the maneuvers that is conducted by a military force (regular or irregular) seeking victory in a war.
		Campaign medal - a military decoration which is awarded to a member of the military who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater.
		Campaign clasp - an attachment to a military award consisting of a metal bar which is pinned to the upper cloth portion of an award medal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_campaign (719 words)

	Army (U.S.)
		Campaign streamers for the Army Flag are 2 3/4" at the hoist by 4' at the fly and are made in the colors of the appropriate campaign medal (e.g.
		War service streamers are awarded to units which served during wartime in theaters for which a campaign medal was authorized but received no credit for particular campaigns; they are in the colors of the ribbon of the applicable campaign medal, without inscription.
		Unit citation streamers for guidons are 1 3/8" at the hoist by 2' at the fly.
	www.fotw.net /flags/us^ar.html (3198 words)

	Campaign medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A campaign medal is a military decoration which is awarded to a member of the military who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater.
		Campaign medals are very similar to service medals but carry a higher status as the award usually involves deployment to a foreign region or service in a combat zone.
		Campaign medals were first invented to recognize general military service in war, in contrast to meritorious decorations which were only issued on a small scale for acts of heroism and bravery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Campaign_medal (269 words)

	KWTX \| STB, 1st BCT awarded first campaign streamer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		CAMP TAJI, Iraq – The Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, was awarded the first Iraq campaign streamer Oct. 5 on Camp Taji for a 4th Inf.
		Streamers are attached to unit standards to signify campaigns or battles the unit has participated in.
		This is the first Iraq campaign streamer attached to any unit’s standard in the division during this tour, and it’s the first one attached to the battalion’s standard.
	www.kwtx.com /forthood/headlines/4397817.html (354 words)

	Medal bar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is most commonly used to indicate the campaign or operation the recipient received the award for, and multiple bars on the same medal are used to indicate that the recepient has met the criteria for receiving the medal in multiple theatres.
		This method of notation evolved again on the Punjab Campaign medal, where the standard medal was awarded to all that had served during the campaign, with bars produced for the three major battles; the Battle of Chillianwala, the Siege of Multan, and the Battle of Gujarat.
		Campaign Bars or Battle Bars are used to denote the particular campaign, battle, or region the recipient operated in to receive the award.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Campaign_clasp (691 words)

	Navy battle streamers
		For each streamer, brief mention is made of the services and operations it commemorates, and the campaigns and battles for which stars are awarded.
		Stars on the Navy streamers follow the practice initiated during the World War II period for ribbons and medals -- that is, a bronze star for each action, and a silver star in lieu of five bronze stars.
		Today's battle streamers affixed to the military flags of the United States are colorful symbols and reminders of sacrifice, service and a proud heritage -- a tribute to the men and women of the armed forces, past and present, who have responded in America's times of need.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq45-1.htm (677 words)

	Sixth Regiment U.States Infantry History
		In 1857, the 6th Infantry fought and defeated the Cheyenne Tribe, and was awarded Campaign Streamer - KANSAS 1857.
		For its operations throughout the Rome-Arno Campaign, the 6th was awarded the ROME-ARNO Campaign Streamer.
		In 1993, the 5th Infantry Division was inactivated, and the 3rd and 4th Battalions were re-flagged under the 2nd Armored Division at Ft. Hood; the 1st Battalion moved from Illesheim to Vilseck, Germany, and came under the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division; and the 6th and 7th Battalions were inactivated.
	www.fortatkinsononline.org /6thInfyHistory.htm (7662 words)

	MILITARY GUIDON, CAMPAIGN, and BATTLE STREAMERS - Richard R. Gideon Flags
		These streamers are designed to slip onto a clip, which is part of a ring arch on the top of the staff.
		Army streamers usually have embroidery, although some streamers - such as War Service streamers awarded to units in theater but not entitled to campaign credit - are plain.
		Size 1 campaign streamers have the name and date of the campaign; other sizes have only the name of the campaign, with the exception of those campaigns in which a date was part of the name, in which case both will appear.
	www.gideonflags.com /battle_streamers.htm (2252 words)

	US ARMY CAMPAIGN STREAMERS
		Campaign streamers for the Civil War and subsequent wars and conflicts are in the colors of the ribbon of the campaign medal for award to individuals, inscribed with the name of the battle or campaign.
		Campaign credits are determined by the Army's Military History Branch, and are documented on a unit Lineage and Honors Certificate issued by the Army Institute of Heraldry.
		Company-sized units which specifically receive war service or campaign credits (mostly separate TOE companies of the combat service support branches) are not authorized campaign streamers for their guidons.
	tmg110.tripod.com /usarmyst2.htm (332 words)

	Korean Service 1950-1954: Korean Service Medal and Streamer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Air Force units received a service streamer if they were based in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954, or based in adjacent areas of Japan and Okinawa, where they actively supported other units engaged in combat operations.
		A campaign streamer is a service streamer with the name and dates of the campaign embroidered on it.
		A unit received a campaign streamer instead of a service streamer if it served in, or flew combat missions into, the combat zone during a particular campaign.
	www.au.af.mil /au/afhra/korean_war/korean_war_campaigns/koreanservice_medalandstreamer.html (392 words)

	Air Reserve Personnel Center - Awards & Decorations - Newly Approved Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		One bronze service star shall be worn on the suspension and service ribbon of the Kosovo campaign medal for qualified participation (per para 3) during each campaign period (i.e., an individual who participated (para 3) in one campaign would wear the medal and/or service ribbon with one star).
		A campaign streamer is authorized for the Kosovo air campaign and the Kosovo defense campaign.
		Campaign streamers are awarded after a campaign has ended.
	arpc.afrc.af.mil /awards/new_awards.asp (2932 words)

	Mission
		The Battalion’s first campaign streamers were earned during the Civil War, where it participated with the Union Army (as Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery) in twelve major campaigns including Manassas, Fredricksburg, Antietam, Gettysburg and Appomatox.
		During WWII, the 6th Field Artillery (now equipped with the 75mm pack howitzer), participated in two campaigns in the Pacific Theater (Northern Solomons and Luzon (with arrowhead)), to include the liberation of Manila in 1944 (the flag from the Japanese Army Headquarters in Manila is now displayed in the 3-6th FA headquarters).
		Deploying to the Republic of Vietnam in 1966 equipped with the 105mm self-propelled howitzer, 3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery participated in 10 campaigns throughout the central highlands until it was redeployed to the United States in 1970 and inactivated on 10 April 1970.
	www.drum.army.mil /sites/tenants/division/1BCT/3-6FA/history.htm (586 words)

	A GUIDE TO UNITED STATES AIR FORCE LINEAGE AND HONORS
		Verified combat credit entitles an organization to the appropriate campaign streamers representing the named campaign in which it participated.
		The campaign streamer will be embroidered with the name and years of the campaign.
		Campaign streamers listed reflect each organization's verified combat record except for the Gulf War campaign credits.
	www.cbi-history.com /part_ix.html (5686 words)

	75th Ranger Regiment awarded three campaign streamers
		Before this latest historic event in Ranger history, the last battle streamer was presented to the Rangers for their participation in Operation Just Cause, Panama.
		Headquarters and has been a ranger for 12 years, said the streamers are a welcome recognition of the unit’s support to the GWOT conflict.
		Currently, Rangers are conducting sustained combat operations and are deploying from multiple locations in the United States, a task that is unprecedented for the Regiment and the Army.
	www4.army.mil /ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=9249 (656 words)

	BattleColors
		These streamers represent U.S. and foreign unit awards as well as those periods of service, expeditions, and campaigns in which the Marine Corps has participated from the American Revolution to today.
		This design was essentially that of today's Marine Corps standard, and was the result of a two-year study concerning the design of a standard Marine Corps flag, and the units to which such a flag should be issued.
		The newest streamer to be added to the Battle Colors is the Kosovo Campaign Streamer, awarded for service in various Kosovo operations beginning in 1999.
	anglicoassociation.org /MarineCorps/BattleColors.htm (409 words)

	George Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		We are here today to add another campaign streamer to the rollcall of glory, the roster of great American campaigns: Yorktown, Gettysburg, Normandy, and now, Panama.
		So, it is especially fitting that the fabric of this streamer is woven with the colors of all the services.
		But the sergeant told me that he and his men drew courage and conviction from the wild enthusiasm of the Panamanian people and from support that they were getting from back here, back here at home in the United States.
	bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1990/90030801.html (741 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		For their valiant labors the 20th Engineers were awarded a streamer in the colors of the Victory Medal to honor the outstanding performance rendered by the "To build and To Fight" unit.
		It was during this campaign that the battalion received the Rhineland Streamer.
		During the subsequent ceremony the Battalion was awarded the Cold War Streamer, by the German Government, for its enduring performance against the Warsaw Pact and the assistance provided for in the reunification of Germany..
	www.130thengineers.army.mil /54/History.htm (3108 words)

	U.S. Army Responds to NCAI
		This memorandum responds to the inquiry implied by the e-mail enclosed as TAB A. We believe we are called upon to establish that Pine Ridge in fact qualifies as a campaign, to establish that the medals of honor awarded therein reflected appropriate levels of valor, and to comment on the incidence of non-combatant casualties.
		Although numbers involved are not specific criteria, a campaign streamer is expected to represent a significant effort.
		The forces involved in the Pine Ridge Campaign found themselves in several serious firefights, including "murderous, face to face melee, [wherein] Indians and soldiers shot, stabbed, and clubbed one another." Total casualties for the campaign were 27 killed and 44 wounded out of – 5,500 engaged – or 1.3 percent.
	www.dickshovel.com /smith4.html (2345 words)

	Korean Service 1950-1954
		The first campaign began on June 27, 1950, when elements of the U.S. Air Force first countered North Korea's invasion of South Korea, and the last one ended on July 27, 1953, when the Korean Armistice cease-fire became effective.
		In all designated campaigns, the combat zone for campaign credit is the Korean Theater of Operations, which encompassed North and South Korea, Korean waters, and the airspace over these areas.
		On September 16, as part of a strategic bombing campaign, the FEAF bombed Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and Wonsan, an east coast port 80 miles north of the 38th parallel.
	www.au.af.mil /au/afhra/korean_war/korean_war_campaigns/korean_war_campaigns.html (6701 words)

	Normandy
		The following essay is one of a series of campaign studies highlighting those struggles that, with their accompanying suggestions for further reading, are designed to introduce you to one of the Army's significant military feats from that war.
		Meanwhile, the success of the anti-U-boat campaign in the Atlantic had guaranteed that the vast supplies of ammunition and provisions necessary for the invasion could move safely from the United States to staging areas in Great Britain.
		Wrangling continued over the Italian campaign and a possible invasion of southern France, code-named ANVIL, the flow of men and supplies to the Mediterranean theater slowed and the final buildup for the cross-Channel attack began in earnest.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/normandy/nor-pam.htm (12326 words)

	060626-01 / MEDIA ADVISORY: 75th Ranger Regiment to be awarded three campaign steamers during a Fort Benning ceremony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Peter Schoomaker, Chief of Staff of the Army, will present three campaign streamers to the 75th Ranger Regiment, during a ceremony at Fort Benning, Ga., June 29, at 1:30 p.m.
		The 75th is the first Army unit to be award all three campaign streamers for its combat support in the Global War on Terrorism, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		To qualify campaign participation credit and a campaign streamer for the GWOT conflict, Army units must have served in the area of eligibility in support of the GWOT, Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
	news.soc.mil /releases/06JUN/060626-01.html (297 words)

	2nd Engineer Battalion
		Again in 1898 the Battalion went to war in the Spanish-American War and distinguished itself in Cuba with V corps and was awarded a campaign streamer for Santiago.
		It was during this campaign that the 2d was reorganized as the 2d Regiment of Engineers on 1 August 1916 at Columbus, New Mexico.
		The motto "Ardeur et Tenacite" is taken verbatim from the citation of the French Army for the extraordinary effort of the Engineers on 18 July 1918 at the Battle of Soissons.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/2eng.htm (1262 words)

	Welcome to Marine Barracks "8th and I" - Washington, DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Streamer with one silver oak leaf cluster.
		Marine Corps Expeditionary Streamer with twelve silver stars, one bronze star and one silver "W".
		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Streamer with one silver and four bronze stars.
	www.mbw.usmc.mil /organizations/streamdefault.asp (208 words)

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