Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia

unit awards on a temporary or permanent basis.) The criteria for permanent and temporary wear of foreign unit awards
are contained in AR 600–8–22.
Table 29–1
Authority for wear—U.S. unit award emblems
Presidential Unit Citation
(Army and Air Force) 3
Presidential Unit Citation
(Navy)
Emblem in order of Authority for wear Subsequent award
precedence
Permanent 1 Temporary 2 Oak leaf cluster Star
X 4 X X 5
X X
Joint Meritorious Unit Award X X
Valorous Unit Award X X X
Meritorious Unit Commendation
(Army)
X X X
Navy Unit Commendation X 4 X
Meritorious Unit Commendation
(Navy)
X 4 X
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 6 X 4 X
Air Force Organization Excellence Award 6 X 4 X
Army Superior Unit Award X X X
Navy “E” Ribbon X
Coast Guard Unit Commendation X 7 X
Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation
X 7 X
Notes:
1 A soldier may wear the unit award permanently if the individual was assigned to, and present for duty with the unit any time during the period cited; or who
was attached by competent orders to, and present for duty with the unit during the entire period, or for at least 30 consecutive days of the period cited.
When a soldier is permanently awarded a unit award and is subsequently assigned to a unit that has received the same unit award, the soldier will wear the
permanent award in lieu of the temporary unit award.
2 A soldier may wear the unit award temporarily if the individual was not present with the unit during the period cited but was subsequently assigned to the
unit. Soldiers may wear the unit award only while assigned to the cited unit. For elements of regiments organized under the New Manning System or Combat
Arms Regimental System, only personnel of the earning unit wear the emblem temporarily.
3 Personnel may not wear the Air Force Presidential Unit Citation on a temporary basis.
4 The 30-day requirement for attached personnel does not apply to Navy and Air Force awards.
5 Army and Air Force awards are equal in precedence, and the emblems are identical. An individual authorized to wear both an Army and Air Force emblem
would wear a single emblem with an oak leaf cluster.
6 When awarded for combat or direct combat support, a bronze “V” device is worn on the emblem.
7 Authorized for wear by an individual who was assigned to, or who was attached to and present for duty with the unit during at least 1 day of the period
cited, for awards issued prior to 28 August 1979. For awards issued on or after 28 August 1979, the individual must have been assigned or attached by
competent orders to the unit, and have been present for duty during the entire period, or for at least 50 percent of the period cited.
b. Where worn. Personnel may wear U.S. and foreign unit award emblems on the following uniforms.
(1) Male personnel. On the coats of the Army green, blue, and white uniforms, and the AG shade 415 shirt.
(2) Female personnel. On the coats of the Army green, blue, and white uniforms, the Army green maternity tunic,
and the AG shade 415 shirt.
(3) Fourrageres and lanyards. Fourrageres and lanyards are authorized for wear on the coats of the uniforms listed in
paragraphs (1) and (2), above.
c. How worn. All permanent and temporary unit award emblems, with and without frames, are worn in the order of
precedence from the wearer’s right to left. Award emblems are worn in rows containing no more than three emblems
per row, with no space between emblems, and with up to 1 ⁄8 inch space between rows, depending upon the size of
emblems with frames. The emblems are worn as follows:
(1) Male personnel. Emblems with or without frames are worn centered with the bottom edge of the emblem 1/8
above the right breast pocket flag (see fig 29-13).
276 AR 670–1 3 February 2005