Coast Guard Overseas Service Ribbon
Coast Guard Overseas Service Ribbon
History - Established 2009
Established on October 28, 2009, the Coast Guard Overseas Service Ribbon honors Coast Guard members on permanent assignment who satisfactorily carry out a minimum term of one year at an overseas station or aboard a ship assigned in an overseas region. Reservists who have carried out at least 36 days at an overseas station during each one-year period are also eligible.
Details
The ribbon is bisected by a thin dark blue stripe flanked on either side by a thin white stripe, thicker red stripe, thin yellow stripe, thick dark blue stripe, and light blue stripe proceeding outward on each side.
Subsequent awards may be indicated by bronze stars.
Bronze Star
Precedence
Next Higher: Army Overseas Service
Next Lower: Public Health Service Isolated Hardship Award
Coast Guard Overseas Service Ribbon