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	U.S. Navy Mobile Riverine Force Index (Vietnam)
		Letter of Commendation for June 17-21, 1967 actions
		View the 1967 Cruisebook to see Plankowners from the USS Benewah, USS Colleton, USS Askari, APL-26 as well as Operating Maps.
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	www.mrfa.org /navy_index.htm (96 words)

	Navy Commendation Star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Navy Commendation Star was a decoration of the United States Navy which was authorized in 1918 as an attachment to the World War I Victory Medal.
		The Navy Commendation Star was identical to the Silver Citation Star, issued by the United States Army.
		Unlike the Citation Star, however, the Navy Commendation Star was not upgradeable to the Silver Star nor was the device retroactive to other service medals, besides the World War I Victory Medal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navy_Commendation_Star (260 words)

	World War I Victory Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1932, the silver citation star was redesigned and renamed the Silver Star Medal and, upon application to the United States War Department, any holder of the silver citation star could have it converted to a Silver Star Medal.
		The Navy Commendation Star was authorized to any person who had been cited by the Secretary of the Navy for heroic performance of duty during the First World War.
		The Navy Commendation Star was worn as a silver star on the World War I Victory Medal identical in appearance to the Army’s silver citation star.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_I_Victory_Medal (1268 words)

	Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums - The US Awards System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Army Commendation Medal was authorized by the Secretary of War on December 18, 1945, as the "Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant" and was redesignated the Army Commendation Medal on March 31, 1960.
		The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal was authorized by the Secretary of the Navy on January 11, 1944 and was originally known as the "Navy Commendation Ribbon." A metal pendant was appended in 1950.
		The Coast Guard Commendation Medal was authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury on August 26, 1947 as the "Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant" and redesignated the Coast Guard Commendation Medal on October 2, 1959.
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=15924 (2389 words)

	Navy Unit Commendation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		To justify this commendation the unit must have performed service as a unit of character comparable to that which would merit the award of a Silver Star Medal or Legion of Merit to an individual.
		Such personnel are authorized to wear a bronze star upon the ribbon for each additional commendation of the unit in which they serve during the occasion for which the unit is commended, whether it be the same or another unit.
		All personnel attached to and serving on board the U.S.S. Purdy on April 12, 1945, are authorized to wear the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon.
	www.destroyers.org /uss-purdy/Navy.htm (487 words)

	Navy Medal Precedence - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal was originally established as the Secretary of the Navy Commendation for Achievement with Ribbon by Secretary of the Navy John B. Secretary of the Navy changed its name to the Navy Achievement Medal.
		Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox established the Navy Commendation Ribbon on November 1, 1943, and announced its creation by ALNAV 11 of January 11, 1944.
		Navy Achievement Medal may now also be presented for combat valor, to members of the Navy or Marine Corps.
	www.navy.fajf.com /index.php?k=navy-medal-precedence (914 words)

	Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
		The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal may be awarded to service members who, while serving in any capacity with the Navy or Marine Corps, distinguish themselves by heroism, outstanding achievement or meritorious service (but not of sufficient nature to warrant a higher decoration).
		Additional awards of the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal are denoted by gold stars five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter.
		The ribbon to the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal consists of a field of Myrtle Green with a white stripe one quarter inch wide situated one-eighth of an inch inside each edge of the ribbon.
	foxfall.com /fmd-navy-com.htm (606 words)

	Navy Commendation Medal Sample Citation - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Your ultimate navy commendation medal sample citation resource.
		Navy Commendation Medal (four awards), Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Good Conduct Medal (six awards), Navy Unit Citation...
		Star (Combat V) and the Navy Commendation Medal.
	fajf.com /navy/index.php?k=navy-commendation-medal-sample-citation (795 words)

	Jack T. Hill's U.S. Navy Career on Valeehill.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The applications should include the names and dates of the expeditions and a statement to the effect that the applicant actually served ashore as a member of a landing party during the period for which the medal is claimed.
		Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in the defense of Wake Island, 7 to 22 December 1941, will wear a bar inscribed "Wake Island" on the suspension ribbon and a silver "W" on the service ribbon bar of the appropriate Expeditionary Medal.
		Personnel are authorized one bronze campaign star for each qualifying campaign, with a silver star worn in lieu of five bronze stars.
	www.valeehill.com /dad_navy.html (2258 words)

	Marine Corps Ribbons
		The bronze star represents participation in campaigns or operations, multiple qualifications, or an additional award to any of the various ribbons on which it is authorized.
		The silver star is worn in the same manner as the bronze star, but each silver star is worn in lieu of five bronze service stars.
		When worn together on a single ribbon, the silver star(s) will be worn to the wearer's right of any bronze star(s).
	www.tricitymarines.com /marine_corps_ribbons.htm (164 words)

	Military Wives Website - Often left behind but NEVER forgotten. www.militarywives.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, January 11, 1944--originally known as the “Navy Commendation Ribbon.” On March 22, 1950, the Secretary of the Navy established the metal pendant for that award.
		On August 11, 1960, the Secretary of the Navy changed the name of the award to the “Navy Commendation Medal” and on August 19, 1994, he changed the name of the award to the “Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.
		The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal was authorized in 1944 as the Navy Commendation Ribbon.
	www.militaryhusbands.com /medals/descript/m030.html (454 words)

	Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Navy Commendation Medal was established on January 11, 1944.
		It was redesignated "Navy Commendation Medal" in 1960.
		Additional awards are indicated by a gold star on the ribbon of the Commendation Medal.
	www.cicerocollectibles.com /USMedals/MedalPages/NavyCommendation.html (242 words)

	Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
		The Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal may be awarded to members of the Armed Forces in the grades of lieutenant commander (or major) and below.
		The act or service must be noteworthy; it must be sufficiently sustained to demonstrate a high state of development (if for a specific achievement, it must be of such merit as to earn singular recognition); and, it must reflect most creditably on the efforts of the individual towards the accomplishment of the unit mission.
		The ribbon is myrtle green (suggested by the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal).
	foxfall.com /fmd-navy-ach.htm (445 words)

	Navy Commendation Medal Display Recognition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was redesignated as the Navy Commendation Ribbon With Metal Pendant on March 22, 1950, and as the Navy Commendation Medal on September 21, 1960.
		On September 23, 1994, Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton announced in ALNAV 084/94 that the name had been changed to The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.
		The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal was designed and sculpted by Thomas Hudson Jones (1892-1969) of the Army's Institute of Heraldry.
	members.aol.com /dischargecert/ncm.htm (885 words)

	Navy Unit Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Navy Unit Commendation may be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to any unit of the Navy or Marine Corps that distinguishes itself by outstanding heroism in action against an enemy (but not sufficiently to justify the award of the Presidential Unit Citation).
		The Navy Unit Commendation is worn after the Joint Merit-orious Unit Award and before the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation.
		Additional awards of the Navy Unit Commendation are denoted by bronze stars three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter.
	foxfall.com /fra-nua-nuc.htm (231 words)

	Questioning Silver Star with "V" - Global Affairs Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Kerry was awarded the Bronze Star with V device, but his Silver Star citation claims no such award.
		Given that the Bronze Star can be awarded with or without the V device, I can see a case being made for the Silver Star being worn with a V device.
		After my two tours in the Navy, I can assure you that John Kerry's V is as likely a screw-up on the part of some over-worked Yeoman or Personnelman as any thing.
	www.globalaffairs.org /forum/showthread.php?t=26031 (1751 words)

	John Kerry's Mysterious Combat “V”
		1991, the "V" was authorized for wear on the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
		not for the Silver Star, Kerry’s Silver Star citation (the “explanation” of why the award was made) does not even mention the “V” for valor (see www.johnkerry.com).
		The presence of the combat “V” with Kerry’s Silver Star on his DD 214 raises two extremely disquieting questions.
	www.frontpagemagazine.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=14743 (724 words)

	All Hands - January 2001 - Navy Medals/Ribbons
		The following display represents the correct order of precedence for medals and/or ribbons most likely to be worn today on the Navy uniform.
		Additional information on the proper display, placement or additional devices is found in SECNAVINST 1650.1F and the U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations (NAVPERS 1566.5G).
		For Navy personnel attached to Fleet Marine Force units participating in combat operations
	www.mediacen.navy.mil /pubs/allhands/jan01/ribbons.htm (241 words)

	Navy petty officer awarded Bronze Star with Combat V [Religious Program Specialist] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		January 23, Petty Officer 1st Class Page was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V for valor in a special ceremony during a luncheon commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the religious programs specialist rating.
		The Bronze Star is awarded for either "heroic" or "meritorious" achievement.
		Navy Corpsman may wear the Marine uniform, also, since they serve directly with Marines.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/1065842/posts (2239 words)

	Chief of Staff
		CAPT Allen assumed command of Navy Recruiting District Omaha in October of 1996.
		CAPT Allen is currently serving as the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff for Commander Navy Region Southwest.
		His awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (1 Gold Star), Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal (1 Bronze Star), Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, and the Kuwait Government Medal.
	www.cnrsw.navy.mil /Command/CoS.htm (486 words)

	Official U.S. Navy SEAL Information Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		CORONADO, Calif. (NNS) -- Naval Special Warfare Boat Team (SBT) 12 was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation, and a SEAL (SEa, Air, Land) was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in a ceremony aboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado Feb. 14.
		The Navy Unit Commendation is awarded to units that distinguish themselves in mission accomplishment, as did SBT-12 over the past three years.
		Also during the ceremony, Lasky, a SEAL attached to Naval Special Warfare Group 3, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his personal contributions to global war on terrorism.
	www.sealchallenge.navy.mil /seal/news/022203.asp (673 words)

	The Bluejacket
		She enlisted in the Navy in 1978 and attained the rate of radioman third class before being selected for commissioning.
		The first memory of the U.S. Navy for Wang was of seeing American warships engaged in the Vietnam conflict anchored at Victoria Harbor while he was riding the Star Ferry with his parents as a child in Hong Kong.
		That was why one of the most memorable experiences in the Navy for Wang was to return to the place of his birth in 1996 aboard the USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) where he was part of the embarked Seventh Fleet staff.
	www.nsamidsouth.navy.mil /publications/bluejacket/2003/bj030515.htm (6297 words)

	John Kerry's Mysterious Combat “V”-Even his questionable Silver Star is illegally embellished (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Silver Star was never awarded with a V because it is only awarded for heroism in combat, therefore there was never a need to distinquish why the award was made to the recipient.
		The Bronze Star Medal is awarded to members of all branches of military service and may be awarded either for combat heroism or for meritorious service.
		Lehman was the Secretary of the Navy for REAGAN from 1981-1987.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1195373/posts (4539 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Navy Commendation Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device Gold Star in lieu of the second Navy Commendation Medal with combat Distinguishing Device
		Gold Star in lieu of the third Navy Commendation Medal
		Gold Star in lieu of the fourth Navy Commendation Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device
	www.serve.com /mdvva/memorial/page22.htm (304 words)

	Military Medals, Vietnam War, War Medals, Navy Medals, Military Awards, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit ...
		Authorized on February 17, 1969, this ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard for combat action service.
		Authorized on July 19, 1965 and awarded to all service members of the Armed Forces of the United States who, between July 4, 1965 and March 28, 1973, served in Vietnam and the contiguous waters, and airspace, in Thailand, Laos or Cambodia or airspace in direct support of military operations in Vietnam.
		On 23 February U.S. Navy units and installations at Da Nang, Tan An, Ben Luc, Go Dau Ha, and Tra Cu came under numerous and widespread attacks associated with a new enemy offensive, but since many units in these areas were poised to meet these attacks they caused only minimal damage.
	www.riverinesailor.com /awards.htm (2264 words)

	JAG TV Summary of Character's and their Ribbons
		Bronze Star with a bronze 'V' for valor
		Navy & MC Commendation Medal with a gold star
		Navy & MC Commendation medal (Additional on Admiral uniform)
	rrjmd4.home.att.net /Ribbons.htm (205 words)

	Navy.html
		Bronze Star Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, and Vietnamese Awards.
		Additional United States Navy Awards include Good Conduct Medal with one star, Navy Unit Commendation with one star, Meritorious Unit Citation with one star, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Campaign medal with 4 stars, and the Combat Action Ribbon.
		While in the U. Navy, Chief Warrant Officer Hassall was selected to appear in the 1970 edition of the Outstanding Young Men of America, in recognition of his outstanding ability, accomplishments and service to his community, country and profession.
	www.zianet.com /dhassall/Navy.html (630 words)

	Night of the Phantoms
		Thanks to the heroic efforts of Lt. Fritz Meyer and the crew of a Navy helicopter, both were rescued.
		His combat awards include the Silver Star, DFC (6), Air Medal (25), Navy Commendation Medal (8) and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.
		He has been decorated with the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, 15 Air Medals, three Navy Commendation Medals, the Purple Heart, a Presidential Unit Citation, a Navy Unit Commendation Medal, a South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry (Star Cluster) and Cross of Gallantry Oak Leaf.
	www.chesterfieldarmament.com /bailey/nightphantoms/nightphantoms.htm (1543 words)

	Ribbon Checker
		Click the boxes next to the ribbons you are currently authorized to wear, then press the button below to get a graphical representation of them.
		Ribbons specifically disallowed on the Navy uniform may be found here.
		Subsequent awards of either medal are represented by a bronze star on that medal even if it is from the other area of operations.
	kepler.pratt.duke.edu /USNRibbons.html (257 words)

	US Navy Biographies - REAR ADMIRAL RAYMOND P. ENGLISH
		Upon graduation from Navy Supply Corps School in the fall 1975, he accepted a position on Admiral Rickover’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) headquarters staff in Arlington, Va.
		Rear Adm. English was recalled to active duty for Operation Desert Storm with NCHB Nine from April 1991 to July 1991 as the battalion’s Operations Officer in Rota, Spain and in 2004 as Group Commander, NAVELSF, Forward Alpha operating in Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (with gold star), Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal.
	www.navy.mil /navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=106 (214 words)

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