Army Sea Duty Ribbon
ARMY SEA DUTY RIBBON: A retroactive
award for soldiers who log sea duty now
includes Army National Guard and Army
reserve troops. The Army Sea Duty Ribbon
was approved in 2006 to include soldiers
who have served aboard Army vessels
since 1 AUG 52. The Army Transportation
Corps recently updated the award’s
qualifications to include the Guard and
Reserve. To be eligible, active duty soldiers
must complete two years of cumulative
sea duty on a class A (such as tugs,
LSVs and large landing crafts) or Class B
(smaller landing craft and all amphibians)
vessels. Guardsmen and reservists must
have two creditable years in a U.S. Army
watercraft unit, which must include at
least 25 days underway each year and
two annual training exercises underway
on a class A or B vessel or a 90-day
deployment aboard an Army vessel
underway. The Army Sea Duty ribbon
is the first non-campaign ribbon approved
by the Army in more than 20 years.
The retroactive date corresponds to
the standing-up of the 1st Heavy Boat
Company in the Army. Requests should
be sent to: Chief, Marine Qualification Division,
Attn: Career Pay Office, HRC, Bldg.
705, Rm. 231, 705 Read St., Ft.
Eustis, VA 23604-5407
email: armyseapay@conus.army.mil.
[Source: VFW Magazine Jun/Jul 08 ++]
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY SERVICE
OFFICER (HANCOCK COUNTY MS - JOHN
LADNER (228) 467-2100).
award for soldiers who log sea duty now
includes Army National Guard and Army
reserve troops. The Army Sea Duty Ribbon
was approved in 2006 to include soldiers
who have served aboard Army vessels
since 1 AUG 52. The Army Transportation
Corps recently updated the award’s
qualifications to include the Guard and
Reserve. To be eligible, active duty soldiers
must complete two years of cumulative
sea duty on a class A (such as tugs,
LSVs and large landing crafts) or Class B
(smaller landing craft and all amphibians)
vessels. Guardsmen and reservists must
have two creditable years in a U.S. Army
watercraft unit, which must include at
least 25 days underway each year and
two annual training exercises underway
on a class A or B vessel or a 90-day
deployment aboard an Army vessel
underway. The Army Sea Duty ribbon
is the first non-campaign ribbon approved
by the Army in more than 20 years.
The retroactive date corresponds to
the standing-up of the 1st Heavy Boat
Company in the Army. Requests should
be sent to: Chief, Marine Qualification Division,
Attn: Career Pay Office, HRC, Bldg.
705, Rm. 231, 705 Read St., Ft.
Eustis, VA 23604-5407
email: armyseapay@conus.army.mil.
[Source: VFW Magazine Jun/Jul 08 ++]
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY SERVICE
OFFICER (HANCOCK COUNTY MS - JOHN
LADNER (228) 467-2100).
