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Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard are military decorations of the United States Coast Guard which are currently issued under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.

Prior to 2002, such awards were issued by the Secretary of Transportation and Coast Guard personnel were eligible to receive a variety of Department of Transportation (DOT) civilian decorations. Since transferring to the Department of Homeland Security, the issuance of DOT awards has been discontinued in the Coast Guard, although such awards may still be seen on active duty Coast Guard uniforms.

Coast Guard military awards are similar to U.S. Navy decorations and Coast Guard personnel are eligible to receive all inter-service decorations, authorized foreign awards and international decorations.

The current active decorations of the U.S. Coast Guard are as follows:

Contents 1 Coast Guard medals 2 Lifesaving Medals 3 USCG Good Conduct Medals 4 Marksmanship Medals 5 USCG Unit awards 6 Service ribbons

[edit] Coast Guard medals

Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal	Coast Guard Medal	Coast Guard Commendation Medal	Coast Guard Achievement Medal	Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal

[edit] Lifesaving Medals

Gold Lifesaving Medal	Silver Lifesaving Medal

[edit] USCG Good Conduct Medals

Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal	Coast Guard Reserve Good Conduct Medal

[edit] Marksmanship Medals

Coast Guard Expert Pistol Medal	Coast Guard Expert Rifle Medal

[edit] USCG Unit awards

Katrina Presidential Unit Citation
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Coast Guard Unit Commendation	Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation	Meritorious Team Commendation	Coast Guard "E" Ribbon

[edit] Service ribbons

Commandant's Letter of Commendation Ribbon	Special Operations Service Ribbon	Coast Guard Sea Service Ribbon	Restricted Duty Ribbon	Coast Guard Basic Training Honor Graduate Ribbon	Coast Guard Recruiting Service Ribbon	Enlisted Person of the Year Ribbon

Coast Guard Rifle Marksmanship Ribbon	Coast Guard Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon