Marine Corps Good Conduct Anodized Medal shoulder marks The Navy and Marine Corps

The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is the second highest non-combat decoration presented by the United States Department of the Navy to members of the Navy and Marine Corps who have performed an exceedingly heroic act in a non-combat setting

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The recipient must be personally present and under hostile fire while in a unit actively engaged in ground combat with the enemy

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Marine Corps Good Conduct Anodized Medal shoulder marks The Navy and Marine CorpsMarine Corps Good Conduct Anodized Medal The Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (MCGCM) is a decoration presented to recognize members who have completed three years of honorable service. Enlistment bars displaying the period of time for which the award was presented were used until 1953 when subsequent awards became denoted by Service Stars worn on the award medal.