Air Force Special Duty Ribbon

Air Force Special Duty Ribbon
Special Duty Ribbon
Awarded by the Department of the Air Force

Type	Ribbon
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	4 September 2014^[1]
Precedence
Next (higher)	Air Force Longevity Service Award^[1]

The Air Force Special Duty Ribbon is a ribbon that is only awarded by the United States Air Force. Established 4 September 2014 by the Secretary of the Air Force,^[1]

Criteria

The Air Force Special Duty Ribbon is awarded to those service members who complete a special duty assignment, or are awarded a special duty Air Force Specialty Code or special duty assignment. The award is for service after 4 September 2014, and cannot be retroactively awarded. The following are qualifying special duty assignments:^[1]

Training Instructor in core AFSC (T-prefix)
Commander, Cadet Squadron, USAFA (80C0)
Training Commander, OTS (81C0)
Instructor (81T0)
Academic Program Manager (82A0
Career Assistance Advisor (8A100)
Military Training Instructor (8B000)
Military Training Leader (8B100)
USAFA Military Training (8B200)
Airman and Family Readiness Center NCO (8C000)
First Sergeant (8F000)
Honor Guard (85G and 8G000)
Recruiter (83R and 8R000)
Professional Military Education (PME) Instructor (8T000)

Appearance

The Air Force Special Duty Ribbon is a symmetrically striped ribbon 1 ³⁄₈ inches (35 mm) wide. At the outside edges of the ribbon are stripes of graphite blue and silver gray both ¹⁄₁₆ inch (1.6 mm) wide. Next is a broader stripe ³⁄₁₆ inch (4.8 mm) wide of ultramarine blue, bordered on the inside by a stripe of silver gray next to a stripe of scarlet, both ¹⁄₁₆ inch (1.6 mm) wide. In the center of the ribbon is a white stripe ¹⁄₂ inch (13 mm) wide bisected by an ultramarine blue stripe ¹⁄₈ inch (3.2 mm) wide.^[2]

Subsequent awards of the Air Force Special Duty Ribbon are denoted by oak leaf clusters.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Air Force Guidance Memorandum for Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2803, The Air Force Military Awards and Decorations Program ." (PDF). United States Air Force. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
↑ "Ribbon, Special Duty, U.S. Air Force". ASSIST Quick Search. Institute of Heraldry. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force
Decorations	Air Force Cross Air Force Distinguished Service Airman's Medal Aerial Achievement Air Force Commendation Air Force Achievement
Service medals	Air Force Combat Action Combat Readiness Good Conduct Air and Space Campaign Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
Unit awards	Presidential Unit Citation Gallant Unit Citation Air Force Meritorious Unit Outstanding Unit Organizational Excellence
Service ribbons	Outstanding Airman of the Year Air Force Recognition Overseas Service Short Tour Overseas Service Long Tour Air Force Expeditionary Service Air Force Longevity Air Force Special Duty NCO PME Graduate Basic Training Honor Graduate Marksmanship Air Force Training

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