Navy and U.S. Marine Corps commands may recommend any Navy or Marine Corps unit for the NUC that has distinguished itself by outstanding heroism in action against the enemy, but not sufficient to justify the award of the Presidential Unit Citation. A unit must have performed service of a character comparable to that which would merit the award of a Silver Star Medal for heroism, or a Legion of Merit for non-combat meritorious service to an individual. Normal performance of duty or participation in many combat missions does not, in itself, justify the award. An award will not be made to a unit for actions of one or more of its component parts, unless the unit performed uniformly as a team, in a manner justifying collective recognition.[2]
U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and U.S Coast Guard units are also eligible to be awarded the NUC as long as they are directly attached or assigned to U.S. Navy or Marine Corps units during the time period or event for which the award is given. U.S. Army members of units awarded the NUC wear the Navy Unit Commendation ribbon on the right side of the uniform jacket rather than left side along with any other unit award emblems which are authorized for wear. The NUC may be conferred upon the armed forces of friendly foreign nations serving with the U.S. Armed Forces, provided such units meet the standards established for Navy and Marine Corps units.[2]
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navy, unit, commendation, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, s. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Navy Unit Commendation news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Navy Unit Commendation NUC is a United States Navy and United States Coast Guard unit award that was established by order of the Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal on 18 December 1944 Navy Unit CommendationThe Navy Unit Commendation ribbonTypeService ribbon decoration Awarded forOutstanding heroism in action against the enemy or extremely meritorious service non combat in support of military operations Presented bythe Department of the Navy 1 EligibilityU S Navy Marine Corps Army Air Force and Coast Guard units and friendly foreign armed forces units serving with the U S Armed ForcesStatusCurrently awardedEstablishedDecember 1944Last awardedOngoingStreamerPrecedenceNext higher Joint Meritorious Unit AwardEquivalentArmy Valorous Unit Award Air and Space Forces Gallant Unit Citation Coast Guard Coast Guard Unit CommendationNext lower Meritorious Unit CommendationAn official Navy Unit Commendation 2004 2005History EditNavy and U S Marine Corps commands may recommend any Navy or Marine Corps unit for the NUC that has distinguished itself by outstanding heroism in action against the enemy but not sufficient to justify the award of the Presidential Unit Citation A unit must have performed service of a character comparable to that which would merit the award of a Silver Star Medal for heroism or a Legion of Merit for non combat meritorious service to an individual Normal performance of duty or participation in many combat missions does not in itself justify the award An award will not be made to a unit for actions of one or more of its component parts unless the unit performed uniformly as a team in a manner justifying collective recognition 2 U S Army U S Air Force U S Space Force and U S Coast Guard units are also eligible to be awarded the NUC as long as they are directly attached or assigned to U S Navy or Marine Corps units during the time period or event for which the award is given U S Army members of units awarded the NUC wear the Navy Unit Commendation ribbon on the right side of the uniform jacket rather than left side along with any other unit award emblems which are authorized for wear The NUC may be conferred upon the armed forces of friendly foreign nations serving with the U S Armed Forces provided such units meet the standards established for Navy and Marine Corps units 2 Additional awards of the Navy Unit Commendation are denoted by 3 16 inch bronze stars See also EditMilitary awards of the United States Armed Forces Military awards of the United States Department of the NavyReferences Edit Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2010 09 18 Retrieved 2019 01 30 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link a b SECNAVINST 1650 1H Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual PDF Marines mil 22 August 2006 pp 8 9 Retrieved 28 September 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Navy Unit Commendation amp oldid 1132053625, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
