ARMY SEA DUTY RIBBON 3 July 2008
Posted by Service Officer on July 3rd, 2008
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 ++]
