Joint Service Commendation Medal
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The Joint Commendation Medal is a mid-level 7th Cavalry award / decoration which is presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service with an allied unit against an enemy / hostile force.
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Creation and History
The Joint Service Commendation Medal was created in 1963. This award is intended for senior service on a joint military staff and is senior in precedence to service-specific Commendation Medals. As such, it is worn above the service Commendation Medals on a military uniform. As a joint award, multiple awards are denoted with an oak leaf cluster regardless of service.
Ribbon
Medal
Awarding
Awarded for joint operations with an allied unit against an enemy / hostile force.
Description
On a device consisting of 4 conjoined hexagons, 2 vertically and 2 horizontally, of green enamel, an eagle with outspread wings charged on its breast with the shield of the United States and grasping in its talons 3 arrows (as depicted on the seal of the Department of Defense) all in gold between at top 13 gold stars and in base a gold stylized heraldic delineation representing land, sea and air, all within a gold circular laurel wreath bound with gold bands 1 5/8 inches (4.13cm) in diameter, and with the areas between the inside of the wreath and the device pierced.
The ribbon is 1 3/8 inches (3.49cm) in width, composed of a 1/4 inch (.64cm) Bluebird stripe, a 1/8 inch (.32cm) White stripe, a 3/32 inch (.24cm) Myrtle Green stripe, a 1/8 inch (.32cm) White stripe, a 3/16 inch (.48cm) Myrtle Green stripe, a 1/8 inch (.32cm) White stripe, a 3/32 inch (.24cm) Myrtle Green stripe, a 1/8 inch (.32cm) White stripe and a 1/4 inch (.64cm) Bluebird stripe.
Recipients
See Also
Awards and decorations of the 7th Cavalry
References
http://www.7thcavalry.us/index.php?app=uportal&code=16
http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/
