Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon — Military Decorations

Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon Medal and Ribbon Design Images

The Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon 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.
Design of the Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon

There is no medal for this ribbon.

What is the Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon Decoration?

The Restricted Duty Ribbon is awarded to Coast Guard personnel who have completed a permanent tour of duty on a particular shore unit where dependents are not allowed to be along. This can be unaccompanied tours like Greenland and the Arctic plus individual combat areas. Each subsequent unaccompanied tour completed receives a bronze service star.

The United States military sorts decorations into categories called Classes and Types. The Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon medal is classified as a Service Award of the type General Service Award.

How Do You Earn the Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon?

Completion of a PCS tour at specific shore units where accompanying dependents are not authorized.

Displaying the Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon

The Order of Precedence of the Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon is 108, 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.

This ribbon is worn between the Coast Guard Sea Service ribbon and the Coast Guard Overseas Service ribbon.

Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon Associated Branches

Coast Guard

Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon Associated Branches

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Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon 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 Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon can result in punishment including a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both


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