National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation

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National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation
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Lapel pin for the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation
Awarded by United States Intelligence Community
TypeUnit or collective award
EligibilityUnited States Government civilian, military personnel, or contractors
Awarded forThe collective performance of a unit or group that has resulted in accomplishments of a clearly superior nature and of significant benefit to the Intelligence Community
StatusCurrently awarded
Statistics
Established15 August 1993 (Director of Central Intelligence Directive 7/1)
Precedence
Next (higher) National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal [1]
Next (lower) National Intelligence Medallion [1]
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Ribbon of the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation

The National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation (NIMUC) is an award of the National Intelligence Awards Program, for contributions to the United States Intelligence Community. It may be "...awarded for the collective performance of a unit or group that has resulted in accomplishments of a clearly superior nature and of significant benefit to the Intelligence Community". [2]

United States Intelligence Community Collective term for U.S. intelligence and security agencies

The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a group of 17 separate United States government intelligence agencies, that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities to support the foreign policy and national security of the United States. Member organizations of the IC include intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments. The IC is overseen by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) making up the seventeen-member Intelligence Community, which itself is headed by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who reports to the President of the United States.

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Criteria

The National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation recognizes single acts of meritorious service performed by an Intelligence Community team or organizational unit. Emphasis is placed on those units with individuals from two or more Intelligence Community elements whose collective efforts for the Intelligence Community are notable and deserving of special recognition. United States Government civilian, military, and contractor personnel are eligible for the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation. However the number of contractor personnel may not exceed 50% of the total number of US Government personnel nominated for the award. [1]

Description

The National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation is awarded as a lapel pin for civilian wear, and a ribbon bar for military uniform wear.

Lapel pin small pin worn on clothing, often worn on the lapel of a jacket

A lapel pin, also known as an enamel pin, is a small pin worn on clothing, often on the lapel of a jacket, attached to a bag, or displayed on a piece of fabric. Lapel pins can be ornamental or can indicate wearer's affiliation with an organization or cause. Before the popularity of wearing lapel pins, boutonnières were worn.

The lapel pin is 16 millimetres (0.63 in) wide and high. It depicts an eight-point compass rose in a blue enamel disk superimposed over a heraldic rose. The rose is surrounded by a laurel wreath. It is made of Red brass with a 24 karat gold plated matte finish. [3]

Compass rose Figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions

A compass rose, sometimes called a windrose or Rose of the Winds, is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions and their intermediate points. It is also the term for the graduated markings found on the traditional magnetic compass. Today, the idea of a compass rose is found on, or featured in, almost all navigation systems, including nautical charts, non-directional beacons (NDB), VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) systems, global-positioning systems (GPS), and similar equipment.

Vitreous enamel Material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing

Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 °C. The powder melts, flows, and then hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating. The word comes from the Latin vitreum, meaning "glass".

Rose (heraldry) heraldic symbol

The rose is a common device in heraldry. It is often used both as a charge on a coat of arms and by itself as an heraldic badge. The heraldic rose has a stylized form consisting of five symmetrical lobes, five barbs, and a circular seed. The rose is one of the most common plant symbols in heraldry, together with the lily, which also has a stylistic representation in the fleur-de-lis.

The ribbon bar is 35 millimetres (1.4 in) wide with a 2.4 mm stripe of scarlet at the edges. A 0.8mm stripe of white separates, a 0.8mm stripe of Old Glory Blue from a 4.0mm stripe of white. Next a 6.3mm stripe of Old Glory Blue is separated by a 1.6mm stripe of white from the 1.6mm center stripe of Golden Yellow. [4]

Scarlet (color) Color shade of bright red

Scarlet is a brilliant red color, sometimes with a slightly orange tinge. In the spectrum of visible light, and on the traditional color wheel, it is one-quarter of the way between red and orange, slightly less orange than vermilion.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Intelligence Community Directive Number 655" (PDF). 9 February 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Intelligence Community Awards Ceremony" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency Electronic Reading Room . Central Intelligence Agency. 27 February 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2012.External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "MIL-DTL-11484/336". ASSIST Online database. Defense Logistic Agency. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "MIL-DTL-11589/638". ASSIST Online database. Defense Logistic Agency. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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