A Sea Service Ribbon is an award of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard, and the United States Army which recognizes those service members who have performed military duty while stationed on a vessel at sea.
Additional awards of the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon, Coast Guard Sea Service Ribbon and the Army Sea Duty Ribbon are denoted by bronze service stars on the ribbon. For the Army Sea Duty Ribbon, the tenth and final award is annotated by a gold award star.
Read more about Sea Service Ribbon: Army Sea Duty Ribbon, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Navy Reserve Sea Service Ribbon, Coast Guard Sea Service Ribbon
Famous quotes containing the words sea, service and/or ribbon:
“So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown’d.”
—John Donne (1572–1631)
“Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“perpetually crouched, quivering, upon the
sternly allotted sandpile
Mhow silently
emit a tiny violet flavoured nuisance: Odor?
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comes out like a ribbon lies flat on the brush”
—E.E. (Edward Estlin)