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USMC Security Guard Ribbon
Display Recognition
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USMC Security Guard Ribbon
Display Recognition
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Example Display Recognition:
Actual Size: 8 1/2 x 11
Displayed:
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You have four display types to choose from:
Black & White (No Color)
Heavy Bond Enclosure
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Heavy Bond Enclosure Colors: Regal, Black, Navy Trimmed in Appearance Gold Ready for Mantle or Shelf Display |
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Issue Requirements
You must submit the following:
This Display Recognition is available ONLY to authorized recipients who possess orders, or authorization form, or release documentation that confirms award eligibility. (See "Issue Requirements"). To obtain either a Display Medal or a Display Recognition for your authorized award you will be required to provide military-issued documentation authorizing your award. There are no exceptions. You must NOT submit a military issued document or photocopy that:
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Personnel Branch
Processing and Delivery
| Style | Admin | Shipping | Total | Full Color .PDF (Printable) | $7.50 | Emailed | $7.50 | Published Document only (Full Color) | $14.00 | $10.50 USPS | $24.50 | Published Document in Heavy Bond Enclosure (Full Color) | $19.00 | $10.50 USPS | $29.50 | Full Color Printable Certificates on CD-Rom (minimum 20 Certificates) |
$7.50 | $7.50 | By Count |
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You may apply for your Display Recognition using a...
(* Upon reception of required documentation)
Complete and MAIL this APPLICATION FORM.
Don't forget to include an unaltered COPY of your DD-214, WD AGO 53-55 or other pre-arranged document(s).
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Email: USMC Security Guard Ribbon Display Recognition InquiryTelephone: 1-562-422-4100 (Pacific Time Zone)
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Establishing Authority Effective Dates This ribbon will be awarded retroactive to January 28, 1949, the date the first Marine Security Guards departed Washington, D.C. for their overseas assignments. Only one award is authorized for the period of January 28 1949 to August 15, 1974, regardless of qualifying periods. Criteria Marines assigned to Marine Security Guard duty (Military Occupational Specialty 8151) are eligible upon completion of twenty-four months service at a foreign service establishment. Subsequent awards will be made for every 24-months served, either consecutively or cumulatively. Marines who serve successful tours at a lettered company headquarters within MSGBN or HQ MSGBN, Quantico, are not eligible to receive this award. Posthumous awards may be made without regard to period of service. Order of Precedence This ribbon is worn after the Marine Corps Drill Instructor Ribbon and before the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. Devices Second and subsequent awards are denoted by bronze stars three-sixteenths of an inch in circumscribing diameter.
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The Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon was established on July 15, 1997, by Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton.
