Navy Reserve Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

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Description:

1. Authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, June 3, 1987.
2. Awarded to officer and enlisted personnel of the Navy Reserve who complete 90 cumulative days overseas or underway duty while assigned to a deployable Navy Reserve or active duty unit. Active duty Navy personnel members permanently assigned to a deployable Navy Reserve unit are also eligible for the NRSSDR under the same qualifying service requirements.
3. Qualifying service must be performed in an
   operational support role with a deployable unit while operating underway or overseas (Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska are not eligible with the exceptions of Adak, Shemya, and Kodiak), away from homeport or permanent duty station (for example, Navy Reserve Activity (NRA), base, or shore-based drill site).
   • (a) A deployable unit is a ship, aircraft squadron, detachment, battalion, or other unit that operates away from its assigned homeport, permanent duty station, or shore-based command.
   • Service Members are limited to one award per 12- month period. Only qualifying days completed after the last award date may be used towards a subsequent award. For example, if a Service receives initial award on 1 June 2017, the earliest the member is eligible for a subsequent award is 1 June 2018.
   • A Service Member is only eligible for one award upon completion of 90 cumulative days of qualifying service regardless of the length of time required to accumulate those 90 deployed days. Service Members may accumulate qualifying days towards the subsequent award during this 12-month period.
   • For Selected Reserve Inactive Duty Training (IDT) drill periods, only one day of qualifying service is authorized per calendar day, regardless of the number of drill periods performed.
4. Each travel day between a Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC), or permanent duty station and the qualifying duty location is 0.5 days credit toward the NRSSDR. 
5. Any type of duty conducted at a member’s normal OCONUS NRA or duty station may not be credited toward the NRSSDR
6. Specific eligibility requirements are outlined in U.S. Navy regulations.
7. Service Members are limited to one award per 12-month period. Each subsequent award is denoted by a 3/16-inch bronze star. A 3/16-inch silver star is worn in lieu five bronze stars.