Arrowhead device
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| Arrowhead Device | |
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| Type | Ribbon Device |
| Awarded for | Participation in a combat parachute jump, helicopter assault landing, combat glider landing, or amphibious assault landing |
| Sponsored by | File:Flag of the United States Air Force.svg United States Air Force File:Flag of the United States Army.svg United States Army |
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| Status | Currently Awarded |
| Established | June 1944 |
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| Related | Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia |
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The arrowhead device is a miniature bronze arrowhead that may be worn on campaign, expedition, and service medals and ribbons to denote participation in an amphibious assault landing, combat parachute jump, helicopter assault landing, or combat glider landing by a service member of the United States Army, United States Air Force, or United States Space Force. [1][2][3] The device was first awarded with the European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal in June 1944.[4]
Criteria
A soldier, airman, or guardian must be assigned or attached as a member of an organized force carrying out an assigned tactical mission. A soldier, airman, or guardian must actually exit an aircraft or watercraft to receive assault credit. Individual assault credit is tied directly to the combat assault credit decision for the unit to which the soldier, airman, or guardian is attached or assigned at the time of the assault. Should a unit be denied assault, no assault credit will accrue to the individual soldiers, airmen, or guardian of that unit.
The arrowhead device must be authorized for wear in order to be worn on the suspension and service ribbons of the medal and is placed in position to the wearer's right of other devices on the ribbons including the "V" device, Template:Cvt service star, and Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.3⁄16-inch campaign star.[5] No more than one arrowhead may be worn on a medal and service ribbon. As of 2004[update], the medals which are authorized the arrowhead device are as follows:
Appearance
The arrowhead device is a bronze replica of a Native American arrowhead Template:Cvt high.[6] The device is embroidered on organizational streamers when specified in official U.S. Army lineage and honor documentation.[7]
See also
References
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- ^ DoD 1348.33 V2, P. 68 (2), V3 P. 1 (2), P. 7
- ^ Military Awards FAQs Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Air Force Awards and Decorations" (PDF). Studyguides.af.mil. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.G, Ericka (2020-05-08). "World War II European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal". Veteran Voices Military Research. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ DoD 1348.33 V3
- ^ "Department of Defense Manual, Number 1348.33, Volume 3" Dtic.mil, 23 November 2010
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arrowhead Device". tioh.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2025-03-21. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
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