RIBBON CHECKER

1st row, left-to-right: AUX Distinguished Svc Award, AUX Plaque of Merit, AUX Meritorious Svc Award;

2nd row: AUX Award of Operational Merit, AUX Commendation Award, AUX Acheivement Award;

3rd row: AUX Cmdt’s Letter of Commendation, AUX Sustained Svc Award, Secy’s Outstanding Unit Award;

4th row: CG Unit Commendation, CG Meritorious Unit Commendation, CG Meritorious Team Commendation;

5th row: CG Bicentennial Unit Commendation, AUX Humanitarian Svc Ribbon, DOT 9/11 Ribbon;

6th row: CG Special OPS Svc Ribbon, AUX ASPA Recruiting, CG Recruiting Service Ribbon;

7th row: AUX Specialist Ribbon, AUX OPS Program Ribbon, AUX VE Program Ribbon;

8th row: AUX IT Program Ribbon, AUX Member Svc Ribbon, AUX Flotilla Meritorious Acheivement Award;

9th row: AUX ASPA OPS, AUX ASPA VE/MDV, AUX ASPA PE.

You can check the presedence of ribbons HERE

About Hair: The new AUXMAN Chapter 10, Section C, Paragraph C.3.n, Page 10-13, states that the goal is for men‘s hair to be neat and clean, not touch the collar, and be away from the ears. Beards, sideburns, or mustaches if worn, shall be well groomed and neatly trimmed at all times in order not to present a ragged appearance. No portion of a mustache will extend below the lip line of the upper lip. Handlebar mustaches or other eccentric styles are not appropriate while in uniform. Full and partial beards, van dykes, and goatees are authorized. In uniform, patches and spotty clumps of facial hair are not considered beards and are not authorized. The bulk of the beard (distance that the mass of facial hair protrudes from the skin on the face) shall not exceed 1 inch. The length of individual hair shall be limited to 1½ inches. The wearing of beards and mustaches shall not interfere with the operation of oxygen masks, gas masks, or other safety/survival gear. As such, the wearing of beards and moustaches may be prohibited for those participating in certain operational missions as deemed necessary by the Director or a Coast Guard Commanding Officer supervising that mission. For uniformity during public appearances as a distinctive element of the Auxiliary, personnel assigned to a Ceremonial Honor Guard shall be clean-shaven. Women‘s hair should not be below the collar or extend below the eyebrows when the hat is removed.

I would like to encourage all our elected and appointed leaders, as well as our Qualification Examiners, to ensure full compliance of our membership with the standards of grooming documented above in order to achieve a uniform appearance in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Coast Guard and the public eye.

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