Joint Meritorious Unit Award

JMUA - JT MERITORIOUS UNIT AWD

Eligibility Requirements

T he Joint Meritorious Unit is awarded awarded in the name of the Secretary of Defense, is intended to recognize joint units and activities for meritorious achievement or service, superior to that which is normally expected.  he term "joint" connotes activities, operations or organizations>

 All joint units and activities eligible for award of the JMUA in recognition of exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service. However, a unit or activity's outstanding accomplishment of its normally assigned and expected mission is not in and of itself sufficient justification for award approval. Instead, qualifying achievements must be superior to that which is expected under one of the following conditions and should be operational in nature.

• During action in combat with an armed enemy of the United States.
• In a declared national emergency situation.
• Under extraordinary circumstances that involve national interests.

Only those members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were present at the time and directly participated in the service or achievement for 30 days or more, or for the period cited if less than 30 days, shall be authorized to wear the JMUA ribbon.

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Precedence

The Joint Meritorious Unit Award shall be placed in precedence after Navy Presidential Unit Citation and before Navy Unit Citation.

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