Enlistment Bar

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Enlistment Bar
Navy Enlistment Bar.png
Navy Enlistment Bar 2nd Award.png
Navy Enlistment Bar 3rd Award.png
TypeRibbon Device
Awarded forNavy and USMC reenlistment
Sponsored byFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
StatusNot currently awarded
Related Good conduct loop

An Enlistment Bar is an obsolete award device of the United States Department of the Navy and United States Coast Guard which was previously awarded as an attachment to the Good Conduct Medal. An enlistment bar was similar in appearance to a campaign clasp. [1] The bar was originally brass engraved with the number of the enlistment by a private engraver, not standardized. Around World War II, the Navy began adding Second Award, Third Award, etc. to the bars. [2] The U.S. Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard were the only services to ever use enlistment bars. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Veterans' Medals Workshop - MOA Press (2023-06-09). Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, MCGCM or CMC, 1896 to Present! . Retrieved 2025-12-17– via YouTube.
  2. ↑ "Navy Good Conduct Medal - WWII - Two Bars - Dated 1941". WorthPoint. 1941.
  3. ↑ "Military Decoration Device Enlistment Bar All Information". www.military-ranks.org. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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