DA PAM 670-1: 22-7. Full-sized U.S. and foreign decorations and service medals

22-7. Full-sized U.S. and foreign decorations and service medals

a. Where worn. All personnel may wear full-sized decorations and service medals on the ASU and AGSU coats.

Female personnel may also wear full-sized decorations and service medals on the maternity tunic.

b. How worn. Full-sized decorations and service medals, except the Medal of Honor (see para 22–7c), are worn in

the order of precedence from the wearer’s right to left, in one or more rows, with 1/8-inch space between rows. No

more than four medals are worn in any one row. Soldiers will not start a second row unless they are authorized to wear

four or more medals. The determination of whether three or four medals are worn in each row is based upon the size

of the coat and the position of the lapel. Full-sized decorations or medals will not overlap within a row. When more

than one row of medals are worn, the second and subsequent rows are positioned so that the medal pendants on the

row below are visible. The first and second rows will contain the same number of medals (three or four) before starting

a third row. Second and subsequent rows will either contain the same number of medals or less than the row below.

The top row of medals is centered over the row immediately below. Personnel will not wear service and training

ribbons when full-sized decorations and service medals are worn. Personnel may wear U.S. and foreign unit award

emblems as prescribed when wearing full-sized medals. When full-sized medals are worn, personnel may wear up to

three combat and special skill badges or metal tab replicas (or a combination) from groups 1 through 5, but may only

wear one combat or special skill badge from either group 1 or group 2 one above the other, above the medals, in order

of group precedence. Personnel may not wear the driver and mechanic badges with full-sized medals and they may

not wear special skill and marksmanship badges below the medals. Full-sized medals are worn as follows:

(1) Male personnel. On the ASU coat, male Soldiers wear full-sized medals centered immediately above the left

breast pocket (see fig 22–5).

(2) Female personnel. On the ASU coat, female Soldiers wear full-sized medals centered on the left side with the

bottom row of the medal pendants positioned parallel to the bottom of the nameplate. Female Soldiers may adjust the

placement of the medals and nameplate to conform to individual body shape differences (see fig 22–6).

(3) Army green service uniform. On the AGSU coat, Soldiers wear full-sized medals centered immediately above

the left breast pocket (see fig 22–7).

c. Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is worn with the neckband ribbon around the neck outside the shirt collar

and inside the coat collar with the medal hanging over the necktie. Authorized foreign neck decorations are worn

beneath the Medal of Honor (see fig 22–8).