Meritorious Unit Commendation

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The Meritorious Unit Commendation is a U.S. military unit award recognizing collective outstanding service or achievement by a unit that does not meet the higher criteria for a valor or distinguished unit citation.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military decoration
military unit award
abbreviation MUC
appliesTo entire unit cited
awardedFor collective outstanding achievement
collective outstanding service
meritorious service by a military unit
awardingAuthority service secretaries or designated commanders
category United States military unit citations
country United States
criteriaExcludes acts warranting a valor unit citation
criteriaIncludes outstanding devotion to duty
sustained meritorious performance
distinguishedFrom Presidential Unit Citation
individual decorations for valor
eligibility military units
organizations of the United States Armed Forces
entitlesMembersTo wear of the unit emblem while assigned
hasComponent emblem
streamer
hasRecipientType combat units
support units
higherAward Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor device
Navy Unit Commendation
Presidential Unit Citation
Valorous Unit Award
individualWearAuthorized true
isPermanentForMembers true
isUnitAward true
language English
nature collective decoration
notationOnRecords service records of unit members
presentedBy United States Armed Forces
recognitionLevel meritorious but not valorous performance
recognizes collective performance rather than individual performance
relativeRank below distinguished unit citations
below valor unit citations
scope peacetime service
wartime service
symbolizes unit cohesion and excellence
type non‑valor unit citation
usedByBranch United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Coast Guard
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
United States Space Force
wearLocation military uniform


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