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Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard are military decorations of the United States Coast Guard which are currently issued under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.
Prior to 2002, such awards were issued by the Secretary of Transportation and Coast Guard personnel were eligible to receive a variety of Department of Transportation (DOT) civilian decorations. Since transferring to the Department of Homeland Security, the issuance of DOT awards has been discontinued in the Coast Guard, although such awards may still be seen on active duty Coast Guard uniforms.
Coast Guard military awards are similar to U.S. Navy decorations and Coast Guard personnel are eligible to receive all inter-service decorations, authorized foreign awards and international decorations.
The current active decorations of the U.S. Coast Guard are as follows:
[edit] Coast Guard Decorations
[edit] Coast Guard Lifesaving Medals
[edit] Coast Guard Good Conduct Medals
[edit] Coast Guard Marksmanship Medals
[edit] Coast Guard Unit Awards
[edit] Coast Guard Service ribbons
[edit] Order of precedence
The following is the ribbon order of precedence authorized for wear by the U.S. Coast Guard. The list contains awards and decorations for the departments of Defense (including Army, Navy and Air Force), Homeland Security and Transporaton:
- Key
- Bold = denotes agency-level (DHS or DOT) award or U.S. Coast Guard award
- Bold italic = denotes U.S. Coast Guard award is obsolete
- Italic = denotes award is obsolete
[edit] Personal decorations
[edit] Unit decorations
[edit] Conduct medals
[edit] U.S. service, campaign and training awards
[edit] Authorized non-U.S. service awards and foreign decorations
[edit] Marksmanship awards
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Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard
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