Ranks of the Coast Guard

Below are images of the most common ribbons that you'll
find pinned to the chests of America's finest Sailors.
It is not a complete list, but you'll likely find what you're looking
for.  They appear below in order of precedence on the uniform.

Medal of Honor	Navy Cross	Defense Distinguished Service Medal	Distinguished Service Medal	Silver Star
Department of Transportation Gold Medal	Defense Superior Service Medal	Legion of Merit	Distinguished Flying Cross	Coast Guard Medal
Gold Lifesaving Medal	Bronze Star	Purple Heart	Defense Meritorious Service Medal	Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal	Silver Lifesaving Medal	Department of Transportation Silver Medal	Joint Service Commendation Medal	Coast Guard Commendation Medal
Department of Transportation Bronze Medal	Joint Service Achievement Medal	Coast Guard Achievement Medal	Commandant's Letter of Commendation	Combat Action Ribbon
Presidential Unit Citation	Joint Meritorious Unit Award	Coast Guard Unit Commendation	Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation	Coast Guard "E" Ribbon
Coast Guard Bicentennial Unit Commendation	POW Medal	Good Conduct Medal	Coast Guard Reserve Good Conduct Medal	Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal
Navy Expeditionary Medal	China Service Medal	Navy Occupation Service Medal	National Defense Service Medal	Korean Service Medal
Antarctica Service Medal	Coast Guard Artic Service Medal	Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal	Vietnam Service Medal	Southwest Asia Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal	Kosovo Campaign Medal	Humanitarian Service Medal	Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal	Coast Guard Special Operations Service
Coast Guard Sea Service	Coast Guard Restricted Duty	Coast Guard Basic Training Honor Graduate	Air Force Basic Military Training Honor Graduate Ribbon	Coast Guard Recruiting Service Ribbon
Armed Forces Reserve Medal	Naval Reserve Medal	Philippine Presidential Unit Citation	Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation	Republic of Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation	Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation	United Nations Service Medal	United Nations Medal	NATO Medal (Yugoslavia)
NATO Medal (Kosovo)	Multinational Force and Observers Medal	Inter-American Defense Board Medal	Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal	Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)	Republic of Korea War Service Medal