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Thomas Courtien

Posted 2008-04-20 3:36 AM (#15177)

Master and Commander

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Location: Patterson, New York

Subject: MUC Award Questions

While I was on one of my boats, we fired some missles. The boat earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation.

My research has told me that this is a ribbon only award; there is no medal for it. Is that correct?

Also, I see on the web people selling MUC pennants. Does the Navy issue such pennants to ships awarded the MUC?

Thanks

Bear

Posted 2008-04-20 10:27 AM (#15187 - in reply to #15177)

Great Sage of the Sea

Posts: 781

Location: Port Orchard WA

Subject: RE: MUC Award Questions

you are correct about the MUC being a ribbon only and I seem to recall Aspro had a ribbon for its MUC and the Picture of Parche Sail seemed to have more than just the PUCs on it but I will look in a bit I think it is in my Flickr group

Ric

Posted 2008-04-20 11:57 AM (#15190 - in reply to #15177)

Plankowner

Posts: 9165

Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map.

Subject: RE: MUC Award Questions

The MUC is a ribbon award only. When you are wearing dress canvas and medals the ribbon only awards are worn on the right side of the uniform other wise they are worn in order of precedence on the ribbon bars under your dolphins.

Ric

My ribbon bars. Most have more, many have less.
Just depended on where you were and what happened while you were there and how long you were active.

So, I ended up with a MUC, a "they didn't catch me", a gedunk and a "I can't tell where we were or what we were doing"

Donald L. Johnson

Posted 2008-04-20 9:33 PM (#15196 - in reply to #15177)

Great Sage of the Sea

Posts: 602

Location: Visalia, Ca.

Subject: RE: MUC Award Questions

Thomas Courtien - 2008-04-20 1:36 AM

While I was on one of my boats, we fired some missles. The boat earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation.

My research has told me that this is a ribbon only award; there is no medal for it. Is that correct?

Also, I see on the web people selling MUC pennants. Does the Navy issue such pennants to ships awarded the MUC?

Thanks

Yes, all Unit Citations and Commendations have a corresponding Pennant for the ship to fly.

On all the boats I rode, there was a small flagstaff attached to the back of the sail inport, where the Commissioning Pennant and the Unit Citation Pennants flew. We may also have flown the Squadron Commander's pennant there when he was onboard. Don't recall if that flagstaff moved to the bridge underway.

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