Joint Meritorious Unit Award

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Department of Defense award United States military unit award

The Joint Meritorious Unit Award is a U.S. Department of Defense unit award recognizing joint military units for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service.

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Label	Occurrences
Joint Meritorious Unit Award canonical	5

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Department of Defense award ⓘ United States military unit award ⓘ
abbreviation	JMUA ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
appliesTo	joint organizations with personnel from multiple U.S. military services ⓘ
awardedFor	exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service ⓘ meritorious achievement in joint activities ⓘ
awardingAuthority	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ Directors of joint activities as delegated by the Secretary of Defense ⓘ Unified Combatant Commands ⓘ surface form: Unified Combatant Commanders
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deviceMeaning	bronze oak leaf cluster denotes additional awards ⓘ silver oak leaf cluster denotes five additional awards ⓘ
deviceUsed	bronze oak leaf cluster ⓘ silver oak leaf cluster ⓘ
distinctFrom	service-specific Meritorious Unit Commendations ⓘ
eligibility	joint activities of the United States Department of Defense ⓘ joint military units of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
established	1981 ⓘ
establishedBy	Caspar Weinberger ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
higherAward	Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ surface form: Presidential Unit Citation (U.S.)
lowerAward	Air Force Meritorious Unit Award ⓘ Meritorious Unit Commendation ⓘ surface form: Meritorious Unit Commendation (U.S. Army) Meritorious Unit Commendation ⓘ surface form: Meritorious Unit Commendation (U.S. Navy and Marine Corps)
nature	non-combat and combat service award ⓘ
presentedBy	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Secretary of Defense Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
ribbonColor	gold ⓘ light blue ⓘ purple ⓘ white ⓘ
ribbonPattern	predominantly purple ribbon with central gold stripe and edge stripes of light blue and white ⓘ
scope	peacetime service ⓘ wartime service ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Coast Guard (when operating as a service in the Navy or assigned to DoD joint activities) ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ United States Space Force ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
type	unit citation ⓘ
wearer	U.S. military personnel assigned to the cited joint unit during the award period ⓘ members of units cited for the award ⓘ
wearOnUniform	above service ribbons of individual decorations but below unit citations of higher precedence ⓘ service ribbons section ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidential Unit Citation (United States) → isDifferentFrom → Joint Meritorious Unit Award ⓘ

3rd Ranger Battalion → decorations → Joint Meritorious Unit Award ⓘ

2nd Marine Division → decorations → Joint Meritorious Unit Award ⓘ

PUC → relatedAward → Joint Meritorious Unit Award ⓘ

subject surface form: Presidential Unit Citation (United States)

75th Ranger Regiment → decoration → Joint Meritorious Unit Award ⓘ