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ALNAV 036/08 
MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/MAY//

SUBJ/DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON) POLICY ON CONVERSION OF THE ARMY 
COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE TO THE COMBAT ACTION 
RIBBON//

REF/A/DOC/SECNAV/29APR2008//

REF/B/DOC/SECNAV/22AUG2006//

NARR/REF (A) IS THE SECNAV MEMORANDUM APPROVING CHANGES TO COMBAT 
ACTION RIBBON POLICY.  REF (B) IS THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AWARDS 
MANUAL (SECNAVINST 1650.1H).// POC/CDR L.S. PRIEST/NDBDM/LOC:  
WASHINGTON, DC/PHONE:  202-685-6378; DSN:  325-6378//

1.  PER REFERENCE A, THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES REVISED DON POLICY ON 
CONVERSION OF U.S. ARMY COMBAT BADGES AND THE U.S. AIR FORCE  COMBAT 
ACTION MEDAL TO THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON (CR), EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.  
THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEXT REVISION OF REFERENCE 
(B).  IMPLEMENTING GUIDANCE WILL BE PROVIDED BY COMMANDANT OF THE 
MARINE CORPS (CMC) AND CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (CNO).

2.  U.S. NAVY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY TO 
U.S. ARMY COMMANDS IN COMBAT, WHO, WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF CNO (OR HIS 
DESIGNEE), ARE AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE (CIB) OR COMBAT 
MEDICAL BADGE (CMB), ARE AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THE CR UPON COMPLETION OF 
THEIR ASSIGNMENT WITH THE ARMY.  THE NAVY DEPARTMENT AWARDS WEB SERVICE 
(NDAWS) WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT CONVERSION OF THE CIB OR THE CMB TO 
THE CR AT THE TIME CONCURRENCE IS APPROVED.

3.  U.S. NAVY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY TO 
U.S. ARMY OR U.S. AIR FORCE COMMANDS IN COMBAT, WHO EARN THE U.S. ARMY 
COMBAT ACTION BADGE (CAB) OR THE U.S. AIR FORCE COMBAT ACTION MEDAL 
(CAM), ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE CR.  AT THE TIME NAVY 
CONCURRENCE IS APPROVED FOR THE CAB OR CAM, CNO WILL DETERMINE IF CR 
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA HAVE BEEN MET.  NDAWS WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT 
APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF CR CONVERSION.  COMMANDING OFFICERS OF 
CURRENT U.S. NAVY PERSONNEL WHO WERE FORMERLY IN THE U.S. ARMY OR U.S. 
AIR FORCE AND EARNED THE CAB OR CAM MAY SUBMIT A PERSONAL AWARD REQUEST 
(OPNAV FORM 1650/3) TO CNO FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CR.  A DETAILED 
DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENTS THAT LED TO AWARD OF THE CAB OR CAM MUST BE 
INCLUDED IN THE SUMMARY OF ACTION.  OFFICIAL MILITARY DOCUMENTATION OF 
THE CAB OR CAM APPROVAL MUST ACCOMPANY THE AWARD REQUEST.

4.  U.S. MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNED EITHER PERMANENTLY OR 
TEMPORARILY TO U.S. ARMY OR U.S. AIR FORCE COMMANDS IN COMBAT ARE NOT 
ELIGIBLE TO ACCEPT, WEAR OR RETAIN THE CIB, THE CAB OR THE CAM.  IN 
CASES WHERE A MARINES ACTIONS IN COMBAT MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 
FOR THE CIB, CAB OR CAM, THE U.S. ARMY OR U.S. AIR FORCE COMMAND MUST 
SUBMIT A PERSONAL AWARD RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CR TO THE CMC FOR 
APPROVAL.

5.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE 
NAVY.//

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