Superior Unit Award

Superior Unit Award

Infobox Military Award
name=Superior Unit Award


caption=
awarded_by=United States Army
type=Ribbon and Streamer
eligibility=Military Unit
for=" [O] utstanding meritorious performance of a difficult and challenging mission carried out under extraordinary circumstances."
status=Currently awarded
first_award=1985
last_award=On going
total=
posthumous=
recipients=
higher=Meritorious Unit Commendation
same=Air Force - Outstanding Unit Award
Coast Guard - Meritorious Team Commendation
lower=Unit Awards of Foreign Governments

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caption2=Streamer for the Superior Unit Award
The Superior Unit Award is a decoration of the United States Army which is awarded in peacetime to any unit of the Army which displays outstanding meritorious performance of a difficult and challenging mission carried out under extraordinary circumstances.

The Superior Unit Award was created in 1985 and is the lowest of the United States Army unit decorations, ranking only above unit citations received from foreign governments. The award is composed of a green and red ribbon, enclosed within a gold frame.

ee also

*Awards and decorations of the United States military
*Awards and decorations of the United States Army
*List of military decorations


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