bigjarofwasps Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Ladies/Gents, Would be grateful if anyone could help me identity the ribbons that this officer is wearing. I'm no expert but it appears he's been a cop since at least 1992 and has some military service in there to, am curious to know why he doesn't have the police service ribbon or detective service ribbon despite this? Any suggestions? 1. Navy Achievement Medal 2. Combat Action Ribbon 3. Presidential Unit Citation 4. 5. 6. Long Service Ribbon? 7. 8. National Defense Ribbon 9. Iraq Campaign Medal 10. War on Terror Medal 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Police Star 16. Police Commission Unit Citation 17. Police Meritorious Unit Citation 18. Civil Disturbance 1992 19. Earthquake 1994 20. Democratic National Convention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 (edited) #4 Navy Unit Commendation #5 Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (stars multiple awards) #6 Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (star multiple award) #7 Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal (stars multiple awards) #11 Navy and Marine Corps Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (stars multiple awards) #12 Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon (stars multiple awards) #13 Marine Corps Security Guard Ribbon (He served as a US Embassy Marine Security Guard) #14 Armed Forces Reserve Medal (Silver Hourglass = 20 Years in the reserves; M = Mobilized; 2 = 2x Mobilized) So, this LAPD officer has a lot of time in the US Marine Corps Reserve, with multiple deployments; based on the MSG Ribbon, he likely had active duty time as well. I am not familiar with police department decorations; however, the LAPD website lists only a "Reserve Service Ribbon" for 4000 hours as a reserve officer. I am guessing that our fellow is a reserve Marine, but a regular duty police offer; thus no police service ribbon. http://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1127 I wonder if he can wear his LAPD decorations on his USMC uniform. Edited July 12, 2018 by IrishGunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thanks Irish, interesting stuff. These are the ribbons I was referring to. would be interesting to know as you say if he can wear his police ribbons on his marine uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Wasps, what is the source of your image? Curious that those those service ribbons do not appear on the LAPD's own site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 11 hours ago, IrishGunner said: Wasps, what is the source of your image? Curious that those those service ribbons do not appear on the LAPD's own site. Irish, based it purely on this source.................... 11 hours ago, IrishGunner said: Wasps, what is the source of your image? Curious that those those service ribbons do not appear on the LAPD's own site. Irish, based it purely on this source.................... http://www.frontiernet.net/~ericbush/US/civilian/LAPD/LAPD.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 This is a nice looking medal. Based on the military silver star I suspect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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