Army Meritorious Unit Commendation — Military Decorations

Army Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal and Ribbon Design Images

The Army Meritorious Unit Commendation comes with a unique service ribbon, which is worn on the recipient's uniform in situations where the full medal is not worn. If you have earned this decoration, you can wear the service ribbon on your ribbon rack.

What is the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation Decoration?

The Army Meritorious Unit Award emblem consists of a gold frame with laurel leaves enclosed around a scarlet red ribbon. It is a plain ribbon with no additional stripes.

The previously authorized emblem was a gold color embroidered laurel wreath on a square of olive drab cloth.

The authorised four foot long unit streamer is the same scarlet plain design.

The United States military sorts decorations into categories called Classes and Types. The Army Meritorious Unit Commendation medal is classified as a Unit Award of the type Meritorious Unit Commendation.

How Do You Earn the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation?

The U.S. Army awards units the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation for exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding achievement or service in combat or non-combat.

The award is presented to units for exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding services for at least six continuous months during the period of military operations against an armed enemy occurring from the beginning of 1944. Service in a combat zone is not required, but must be directly related to the combat effort. Units based in continental United States are excluded from this award, as are other units outside the area of operation.

Displaying the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation

The Order of Precedence of the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation is 48, and this precedence is used when placing the associated service ribbon on your uniform ribbon rack. You can see a full list of decorations in the order of precedence on the Decorations homepage.

All members of the unit may wear the decoration, whether or not they personally participated in the acts for which the unit was cited. Only those assigned to the unit at the time of the action cited may wear the decoration as a permanent award.

The Army Meritorious Unit Commendation is worn after the Valorous Unit Award and before the Superior Unit Award. Additional awards of the Army MUC are denoted by bronze oak leaf clusters.

Army Meritorious Unit Commendation Associated Branches

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Army Meritorious Unit Commendation Associated Branches

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Army Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Stolen Valor Act

The Stolen Valor Act of 2013 is a federal law that makes it illegal for any person to falsely claim to be the recipient of certain military awards, "with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that he or she received the award".This decoration is covered by the Stolen Valor act. Fraudulently claiming to have received a Army Meritorious Unit Commendation can result in punishment including a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both


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