Awards, Citations and Recognition
earned by the
U.S.S. Little Rock
and by her
Crewmembers
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at cataloging all of the awards and citations earned by the U.S.S. LITTLE
ROCK during her lifetime. This will include ALL verifiable awards received
by the ship and those awarded to individual crew members during their
tour(s) on the Little Rock. Your input is important to making sure that
all such recognition is displayed here. |
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Unit Awards & Campaign Medals
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| This section lists the
Unit Awards & Campaign Medals
earned by the USS Little Rock. The official document that details all Navy
Unit Awards and Campaign Medals is OPNAVNOTE 1650. From
this document we know the USS Little Rock received the following two awards
/ citations: 1. Navy Expeditionary Service Medal (EM)
2. Navy "E" Ribbon (NE)
The qualifying dates for these awards are as follows:
Navy Expeditionary
Service Medal
20 Jan 1962 through 26 Jan 1962 Navy "E" Ribbon 0l Jul 1974 through 30 Jun 1975 Note: OPNAVNOTE 1650 says in part: .... "All personnel permanently attached to or serving with cited units listed..... during the period designated, or any part thereof, are entitled to the award. Eligibility may be established by documentary evidence in service records, such as orders to officer personnel or page four service record entry for enlisted members. Eligibility for retired, discharged or Fleet Reserve personnel must be determined by the Navy Liaison Office, National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63231-5100 or the Navy Personnel Command." |
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Medal
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Navy Expeditionary Medal The Navy Expeditionary Medal is an award of the United States Navy which was first created in August 1936 by General Orders of the Department of the Navy. The Navy Expeditionary Medal is awarded to any Navy personnel who have operated in foreign territory to engage in operations, both combat and non-combat, for which no other campaign medal has been awarded. Additional awards of the Navy Expeditionary Medal are denoted by service stars. Authorization: Navy Department General Order (N.D.G.O.) No.84 of 05 Aug 1936 Personnel who were attached to Little Rock,
and who actually participated in the given operation, are eligible for the
Navy Expeditionary Medal. This includes personnel attached to a squadron
or unit embarked. Members of rear echelons, transients, observers and personnel
assigned for short periods of Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) or Training
Duty (TD) are not normally eligible for the award.
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Ribbon
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Navy "E" Ribbon
The Navy "E" Ribbon was established in July of 1976 by Secretary of the Navy J. William Middendorf. The award, commonly known as the Battle "E" is based on a year-long evaluation of individual Navy ships, submarines, aviation and other units, and is awarded annually to units that win their battle efficiency competition. The criterion for the Battle Efficiency Award is overall readiness, and recognizes sustained superior performance in an operational environment within a command. Personnel of ships and units that win the Battle "E" are authorized to wear the Navy "E" Ribbon and Battle "E" Device. Before 1976, they wore a small cloth "E" on their uniform sleeves, with hashmarks and color corresponding to that on their ship or unit. The ribbon denotes permanent duty on U.S. Navy ships or in squadrons that have won a battle efficiency competition. For each award of the Navy "E" Ribbon, one Battle E device is authorized for wear on the Navy "E" ribbon, up to the third award. For the fourth and all subsequent awards, the E with wreath device is worn, with no further devices added to the ribbon. The ribbon, itself, is also commonly referred to as the "Battle E" ribbon. Ships that win a battle efficiency competition are authorized to paint a white "E" on their stacks or elsewhere. For each subsequent award the ship paints a "hashmark" below the white E. The rare winners of five consecutive E's replace the white E and hashmarks with a gold E. The E and any hashmarks are removed in the year the ship first fails to win the award. |
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| Official
Ribbons & Medals Awarded to Individuals |
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| This section lists Official
Ribbons & Medals
presented to crew members while they were aboard the USS Little Rock.
This list includes only Ribbons and Medals that were actually earned
while on board the Little Rock. The list is in the order of precedence. That is, the order in which the medals/ribbons are to be worn. The see the complete order of precedence for all military awards, go to "Grunts Military". |
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Navy Good Conduct
Medal
The Navy Good Conduct Medal was established by SECNAV on 26 April 1869 to recognize the "all-around" good Navy enlisted person, well qualified in all phases of conduct and performance......... Eligibility Requirements: After 1 November 1963 any 4 years of continuous active service as an enlisted person in the Regular Navy or Naval Reserve. Per NAVADMIN 305/95, After 1 January 1996, the qualifying period of eligibility is 3 years vice 4 years for service terminating after that date........ Attachments. A bronze star, 3/16 inch in diameter will be worn on the suspension ribbon and bar to denote subsequent awards. |
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| Special
Awards and Recognition to USS Little Rock |
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| The following are special
awards and special recognition made by the US Navy, and by others, to the
USS Little Rock. |
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| Special
Awards and Recognition to Individuals |
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| The following are special
awards and special recognition made by the US Navy, the USS Little Rock,
and by others, to individual crew members while they were assigned to the
Little Rock. |
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| What's Missing? Do you
know of an award, or special recognition, presented either to the ship or
to one or more of her crew? Send us the details and we'll see that it gets added. |