Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon — Military Decorations

Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon Medal and Ribbon Design Images

The Naval Reserve Sea Service 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 Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon

There is no medal for this ribbon.

What is the Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon Decoration?

The Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon is a lot like the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon was designed to recognize those who have been forward deployed to combat regions and served on an active seagoing vessel. It can be earned after serving a minimum of 24 months on a Reserve Force ship or base. The Navy Reserve Sea Service Ribbon is also given to members of embarked Navy Reserve staffs if at least half of the embarked reserve drills are underway drills.

The United States military sorts decorations into categories called Classes and Types. The Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon medal is classified as a Service Award of the type General Service Award.

How Do You Earn the Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon?

This ribbon is awarded for 90-day deployment aboard a vessel underway.

Displaying the Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon

The Order of Precedence of the Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon is 99, 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 Sea Service ribbon and the Arctic Service ribbon.

Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon Associated Branches

Navy

Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon Associated Branches

Navy

Naval Reserve Sea Service 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 Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon can result in punishment including a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both


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