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Army Service Ribbon |
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The Army Service Ribbon is a military decoration of the United States Army which
was created in 1981. The Army Service Ribbon is awarded to any member of the
U.S. Army (including Reserve and National Guard components) who complete
"initial entry training."
Initial Entry Training is defined as any training or instruction course completed
immediately upon entry into the United States Army. This would include basic
training, Army ROTC and Officer Candidate School. For those service members
who completed initial entry training prior to 1981, the Army Service Ribbon is
retroactively awarded, provided the service member was still on active duty after
1981.
The Army Service Ribbon is presented as a one time award only and there are no
devices authorized for additional awards of the decoration. The United States Air
Force equivalent of the Army Service Ribbon is the Air Force Training Ribbon.
Due to the commonness of the Army Service Ribbon, new recruits sometimes
refer to the decoration by a variety of vernacular terms such as the "Heartbeat and
Respiration Medal" or the "Army Hygiene Ribbon".
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