Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy

The Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy are the military awards and decorations which are presented to members of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy. Other military service members may also receive specific Navy Department military awards, provided such service members are performing duty under a Navy or Marine Corps command. Likewise, a Navy or Marine Corps service member may receive medals and decorations of another military branch, if cross assigned to a command of the respective service. All Navy and Marine Corps members are eligible to receive inter-service awards and decorations as well as approved foreign awards and International awards.

Department of the Navy awards

Navy and Marine Corps decorations

Navy Cross	Navy Distinguished Service Medal	Navy and Marine Corps Medal	Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal	Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
File:Navycross.jpg	File:NavyDSM.gif	File:Navmarine.jpg	File:NCOM.jpg	File:Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.svg
File:Navy Cross ribbon.svg	File:Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg	File:Navy and Marine Corps Medal ribbon.svg	File:Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ribbon.svg	File:Navy and Marine Corps Achievement ribbon.svg

Expeditionary Medals

Navy Expeditionary Medal*	Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal**
File:Navexpmed front.jpg	File:USMCExMed.jpg
File:Navy Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg	File:Marine Corps Expeditionary ribbon.svg

Good Conduct and Reserve Medal

Navy Good Conduct Medal*	Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal**	Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal**
File:USA - Navy Good Conduct Medal.png	File:USMCGCM.jpg	File:USMCRMed.jpg
File:United States Navy Good Conduct Medal ribbon.svg	File:Marine Corps Good Conduct ribbon.svg	File:Selected Marine Corps Reserve ribbon.svg

Navy and Marine Corps unit awards

Navy Presidential Unit Citation	Navy Unit Commendation	Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation	Navy "E" Ribbon
File:United States Navy Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg	File:Navy Unit Commendation ribbon.svg	File:Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg	File:Battle Effectiveness Award ribbon, 1st award.svg

Navy and Marine Corps ribbon only awards

Combat Action Ribbon	Sea Service Deployment Ribbon	Navy Arctic Service Ribbon	Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon*
File:Combat Action Ribbon.svg	File:Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg	File:Navy Arctic Service Ribbon.svg	File:Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon.svg
Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon	Navy Recruiting Service Ribbon*	Marine Corps Recruiting Ribbon**	Navy Accession Training Service Ribbon*
File:Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon.svg	File:Navy Recruiting Service Ribbon.svg	File:Marine Corps Recruiting Ribbon.svg	File:Navy Recruit Training Service Ribbon.svg
Marine Corps Drill Instructor Ribbon**	Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon**	Marine Corps Combat Instructor Ribbon**	Navy Ceremonial Duty Ribbon*
File:United States Marine Corps Drill Instructor Ribbon.svg	File:Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon.svg	File:USMC Combat Instructor Ribbon.svg	File:Navy Ceremonial Guard Ribbon.svg
Navy Recruit Honor Graduate Ribbon*
File:U.S. Navy Basic Military Training Honor Graduate Ribbon.svg

Department of the Navy Civilian Awards

File:NavyCivServe.gif Distinguished Civilian Service Award
File:NavySupCivRib.gif Superior Civilian Service Award
File:NavMeritMed.gif Meritorious Civilian Service Award
File:US Navy Civilian Service Commendation Medal ribbon.png Civilian Service Commendation Medal
File:US Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal ribbon.png Civilian Service Achievement Medal
File:USA - Navy Civilian Medal for Valor.png Distinguished Civilian Medal for Valor
File:USA - Navy Civilian Medal for Valor.png Superior Civilian Medal for Valor
File:USA - DoN Angela M. Houtz Medal for Fallen Civilians ribbon.png Angela M. Houtz Medal for Fallen Civilians
File:Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award for Scientific Achievement(vectorized).svg Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award for Scientific Achievement
File:USA - Navy Distinguished Achievement in Science Award.png Distinguished Achievement in Science Award
File:US Navy Distinguished Public Service Award Ribbon-vector.svg Distinguished Public Service Award
File:US Navy Superior Public Service Award Ribbon-vector.svg Superior Public Service Award
File:US Navy Meritorious Public Service Award Ribbon-vector.svg Meritorious Public Service Award

Marksmanship awards

U.S. Navy

Navy Expert Rifleman Medal	Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal
File:United States Navy Rifle Marksmanship Medal.png	File:U.S. Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal.png
File:United States Navy Rifle Marksmanship Ribbon with expert device.svg	File:United States Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon with expert device.svg

Navy Rifle Sharpshooter Ribbon	Navy Pistol Sharpshooter Ribbon	Navy Rifle Marksmanship Ribbon	Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon
File:United States Navy Rifle Marksmanship Ribbon with sharpshooter device.svg	File:United States Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon with sharpshooter device.svg	File:Navy Rifle Marksmanship Ribbon.svg	File:Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon.svg

Navy Authorized Marksmanship Competition Awards/Badges
File:Example-USN Marksmanship Competition Badges.png

U.S. Marine Corps

Marine Corps Authorized Marksmanship Competition Awards/Badges
File:USMC Marksmanship Competition Badges.png
The Lauchheimer Trophy Badge, National/Interservice/Marine Corps Rifle/Pistol Competition Badges, Annual Rifle Squad Practice Badge, and Division Rifle/Pistol Competition Badges are awarded in gold, silver, and bronze.

Notes

• * = Awarded only to Sailors
• ** = Awarded only to Marines
• No asterisk indicates that the decoration is awarded to both services

External links

• U.S. Navy order of precedence
• U.S. Navy ribbon checker (no devices)
• U.S. Marine Corps ribbon checker (no devices)