Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon

Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon
The U.S. Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon[1]
Awarded by the Department of the Navy[2]
Type Ribbon bar
Eligibility Twenty-four months of service as a Marine security guard at a U.S. embassy or consulate in a foreign country
Status Currently awarded
Statistics
Established 15 July 1997 (1997-07-15)
First awarded 1997 (retroactive to 28 January 1949)
Precedence
Next (higher) Marine Corps Drill Instructor Ribbon
Next (lower) Marine Corps Combat Instructor Ribbon[3]

The Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon is a United States Marine Corps military award that was established by order of Secretary of the Navy John Howard Dalton on 15 July 1997. The award recognizes those Marine Corps personnel who have served as U.S. Embassy Security Guards and is retroactive to 28 January 1949.

History

To be awarded the Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon, a service member must hold the Marine Corps military occupational specialty (MOS) 8156 (previously 8151) Marine Corps Security Guard and must have served twenty-four months of service at an American embassy or consulate. The award is only awarded to Marine Security Guards for their service at American Embassies or Consulates in a foreign country.

Recently, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group has begun to award the MSG Ribbon to Regional Command Staff as well without the prerequisite of serving as an 8156, to include Regional Inspecting Officers, which has created a controversy based on the belief that there is an intentional bias towards awarding the Regional Officers and Command Staff, while at the same time not awarding the ribbon to the junior Marines residing in the same geographical location within the same command.

According to Marine Corps Order P1020.34G W/CH 1-5, (Section 5-26), service stars are not authorized to be worn on the MSG ribbon for subsequent tours.

The above reference reserves the authorization to wear service stars for Special Duty Assignment ribbons to only the Marine Corps Recruiting ribbon. Marine Security Guards and Marine Corps Drill Instructors are not authorized to wear subsequent service stars on the device.

References

  1. ↑ Defense Logistics Agency (27 January 2016). "Detail Specification Sheet: Ribbon, Marine Security Guard, U.S. Marine Corps". MIL-DTL-11589. Virginia: Defense Logistics Agency. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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  3. ↑ Headquarters Marine Corps (8 September 2014). "MARINE CORPS COMBAT INSTRUCTOR RIBBON ESTABLISHED". www.marines.mil. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
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