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An Overseas Service Bar is an insignia worn by United States Army soldiers on the Army Service Uniform, and previously on the Army Green (Class A) and the Army Blue (Dress Blue) uniforms, that indicates the recipient has served six months overseas in a theater of war.
21 gru 2018 · Soldiers are authorized wear of the overseas service bar as indicated below. (1) One overseas service bar is authorized for each 6 month period of active Federal service as a member of a U.S. Service outside CONUS, from 7 December 1941 until 2 September 1946, both dates inclusive. In computing overseas service, Alaska is considered outside CONUS.
15 maj 2018 · I was handed a great ARMY Booklet on Army Service dated 10 August 1944, it covers a whole array of all things ARMY, marching, customs of the service, proper behavior, furloughs, travel etc etc etc, and uniforms and insignia, in one illustration of all the insignia to be worn on the left sleeve of the Class A Uniform for Enlisted Men shows the WWII Overseas Bars, so we know now these OS Bars ...
A service stripe is an embroidered diagonal stripe worn on the sleeve(s) of some military and paramilitary uniforms. In the case of the United States military , service stripes are authorized for wear by enlisted personnel on the lower part of the sleeve of a uniform to denote length of service.
11 lis 2024 · The Army Regulation 670-1 also lists the designated overseas areas where soldiers are eligible for overseas service stripes. These areas are generally defined as locations outside the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The second photo shows overseas service bars, the ones on top, and a hash mark, or service stripe, AKA known as a lifer stripe. The overseas bars each represent 6 months service overseas. So you grandpa was overseas for at least 2.5 years. The hash mark is for three years service.
21 gru 2018 · Enlisted personnel wear the service stripes as members of the Active Army, Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Reserve, when they have served honorably, as indicated below. (1) In Active Federal service as a commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
