Alpo Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 You get a medal. Then you get that same medal again. In the Army you put an oak leaf cluster on the medal. According to wiki, oakleaf clusters are only used by the Army and the Air Force (which, as we all know, used to be part of the army). So while I'm sure they still use a little gold device on their medal to signify a second or more award of it, what is this little device called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 The medals that I am familiar with, we use stars. Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medals (Navy or Marine Corps). One bronze star for each subsequent medal you receive. A silver star is used in lieu of 5 bronze stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Thanks Rick. I thought I had read somewhere that they were stars, but I could not recall where I read it to check. And doing a search on oak leaf clusters USMC does not get what I was hoping for - THE MARINES DON'T USE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS YOU MORON, THEY USE whatever. It just kept telling me all about oak leaf clusters and the Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Alpo said: Thanks Rick. I thought I had read somewhere that they were stars, but I could not recall where I read it to check. And doing a search on oak leaf clusters USMC does not get what I was hoping for - THE MARINES DON'T USE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS YOU MORON, THEY USE whatever. It just kept telling me all about oak leaf clusters and the Army. Wiki - 5/16 inch star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 The army uses stars for campaigns and OLC for subsequent wards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Chief Rick said: The medals that I am familiar with, we use stars. Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medals (Navy or Marine Corps). One bronze star for each subsequent medal you receive. A silver star is used in lieu of 5 bronze stars. Yep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Some awards get "knots" for the second etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I seem to recall Dad's uniform, and on some of his ribbons (not the medals), there were little arrowheads, that I believe he told me signified beachhead landings, or specific battles or some such thing. He was in an Army amphibious division, fighting in Leyte, and later Okinawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Not that you asked but in Australia we use bars. So if you see VC and Bar it means it was awarded twice. This has only ever happened three times in the history of the VC. The same for our Campaign medals if you get the Active Service Medal (or Service Medal) for say Iraq then go on to Afghanistan then you get a bar for each theatre with the name of that Theatre on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 As an aside, the Army also has a silver oak leaf cluster to denote 5 such awards (it would actually be six, because the ribbon counts as one and oak leaf clusters count as additional awards -- hence, a Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters denotes THREE times the medal has been awarded). A silver OLC is five oak leaf clusters, so a silver OLC on a ribbon = six awards. A silver plus a bronze OLC = seven, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Same with the naval service and their star. And when there is no room on the ribbon for another star or cluster, you wear a second ribbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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