Awards and decorations of the United States military

Awards and decorations of the United States Military are military decorations which recognize service and personal accomplishments while a member of the United States armed forces. Together with military badges, such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a service member's career.

Order of precedence
While each service has its own order of precedence, the following general rules apply to all services:


 * 1) U.S. military personal decorations
 * 2) U.S. military unit awards
 * 3) U.S. non-military personal decorations  (After unit awards in order of receipt; if from the same agency, the applicable agency precedence listing should be consulted)
 * 4) U.S. non-military unit awards
 * 5) U.S. military campaign awards
 * 6) U.S. military service and training awards
 * 7) U.S. Merchant Marine awards and non-military service awards
 * 8) Foreign military personal decorations
 * 9) Foreign military unit awards
 * 10) Non-U.S. service awards (e.g., United Nations, NATO)
 * 11) Foreign military service awards
 * 12) Marksmanship awards (Navy and Coast Guard)
 * 13) State awards of the National Guard (Army & Air Force)


 * Unit awards are worn on the right side in the U.S. Army.

By Order of Precedence
Note: Precedence of particular awards will vary slightly among the different branches of service.

By military department

 * Inter-service
 * Air Force
 * Army
 * Coast Guard
 * Navy and Marine Corps
 * Merchant Marine

To denote additional achievements or multiple awards of the same decoration, the United States military maintains a number of award devices which are pinned to service ribbons and medals.

National Guard and State Defense Forces decorations

 * Awards and decorations of the National Guard
 * Awards and decorations of the State Defense Forces

Obsolete Decorations and Service Medals

 * Main articles: Obsolete military awards of the United States and United States service medals of the World Wars

Unofficial decorations

 * Unofficial decorations of the United States military

Foreign and international decorations

 * Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military
 * International military decoration authorized by the US military

Devices

 * United States military award devices

To display devices on Wikipedia pages, use Template:Ribbon devices.