No joke. Valor awards are relatively scarce.

I have like 7 uniforms....butt still no ribbons yet...i have a few coins though

Gentlemen,
If you are looking to identify ribbons or medals or any other uniform items, it's handy to have a book on the subject. If you don't yet have one, there are some good MilitaryMedals resources online.


"A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."
-Winston Churchill

Typical USAF rack, then again I wasn't home much during my 23 years in uniform. From top to bottom they are as follows:

AF Meritorious Service Medal
AF Commendation Medal 3 BOLC
AF Acheivement Medal
Gallant Unit Citation
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Award
AF Outstanding Unit Award w/ Valor 2 SOLC, 1 BOLC
AF Outstanding Unit Award 3 BOLC
AF Good Conduct Medal 2 BOLC
Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal 2 BOLC
National Defense Service Medal 1 BS
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 1 BS
Southwest Asia Service Medal 2 BS
Afghanistan Campaign Medal 1 BS
GWOT Expeditionary Medal
GWOT Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
AF Overseas Ribbon Long
AF Expeditionary Service Ribbon w/ Gold Border 2 BOLC
AF Longevity Service Award 4 BOLC
Armed Forces Reserve Medal 1 BHG, 4 Mobilization Devices
AF NCO PME Ribbon 1 BOLC
Small Arms Marksmanship Ribbon
AF Training Ribbon
NATO Medal

Mike
USAF Retired

I agree with you 100% "if we are going to war we should prepare from the neck up along with from the neck down, especially if we have to be on foreign land!!" I was in the Gulf War which has been compared to the Korean War as far as length and violence, but I and we still have mental issues along with physical.

and a Purple Heart that for some reason does not want to be posted????

I've only a two year devil pup and have been to Afghan. for some reason i do not have the gwot ex because i wasnt deployed long enough... o well

ARCOM-1
AAM-5
ICM-1
GWOT/SM-1
ASR-1
AFEM-1
NUC-1
KDSM-1
NCODP- 1
GCM-3
NDM- 1
AOR- 1

(Think that's everything)

Well lets see i have(or will have for the give me ribbons for this deployment), from top to bottom
Air Force Commendation Medal, +2 BOL
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Citation
Air Force Meritorious Unit Award,+ 2 BOL
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Good Conduct Medal, BOL
National Defense Service Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
GWOT Expeditionary Medal
GWOT Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Ribbon (short),+2 BOL
Air Force Overseas Ribbon (long)
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon, GB +2 BOL
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon
AF Professional Military Ed. Graduate Ribbon
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon M-4
Air Force Basic Training Ribbon
NATO Medal non-article 5 ISAF Meddal

For some reason it shows a Germany flag for me, it just asked where I lived, and I'm stationed in Germany. Just wanted to clarify.

Spartan,

The reason why you don't have the GWOT-E is because you received the Afghanistan ribbon instead. The GWOT-E is mostly for areas outside of Iraq and Afghanistan. Unless you deployed to one of those countries before there was a medal for them, in which they would have given you both (Iraq and GWOT-E, or Afghanistan and GWOT-E) once they were introduced.

It's easier to do this. Plus 2 OLC and a V
device on my Arcom. 2 OLC on my AAM.
2 Campaign stars on my OIF ribbon.