The Joint Meritorious Unit Award is the only ribbon award granted by the Department of Defense and is the organizational equivalent of the Defense Superior Service Medal. It is awarded to joint units or activities where the joint activity must either report through Unified, Combined, or Specified Command channels or pursue a joint mission under the cognizance of the Secretary of Defense; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the commander of a Unified, Specified or Combined Command that is also a joint command; or the Secretary of a military department that has been designated the Executive Agent for the Secretary of Defense.
The first organization to receive the Joint Meritorious Unit Award was the “Electronic Warfare During Close Air Support Joint Test Force” and was awarded the decoration on September 30, 1982.
The JointMeritoriousUnitAward is a military award that was established on June 4, 1981 by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and was implemented by Department of Defense Directive 1348.27 dated July 22, 1982.
The JointMeritoriousUnitAward is the only ribbon award granted by the Department of Defense and is the organizational equivalent of the Defense Superior Service Medal.
Subsequent decorations of the JointMeritoriousUnitAward are annotated with oak leaf clusters.
The JointMeritoriousUnitAward was established on June 4, 1981, by Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger and was implemented by Department of Defense Directive 1348.27 dated July 22, 1982 (as amended).
Description: The JointMeritoriousUnitAward emblem worn by Army personnel to represent award of the JointMeritoriousUnitAward is 1 7/16 inches wide and 9/16 inch in height.
Component: The current components of the JointMeritoriousUnitAward are the emblem awarded to members of the unit and the streamer for display on the unit flag/guidon.
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