Marine Corps Drill Instructor Ribbon

BACK DEVICE(s)

Description:

• Authorization: SECNAV letter 1650 Ser NDBDM/482 of 15 July 1997.
• Effective Date: On or after 6 October 1952.
• Awarding Authority. Authority to award the MCDIR is delegated to COs at the Marine Corps Recruit Depots and Officer Candidate School (OCS).
• Criteria and Eligibility. Marines must both serve in an eligible billet and satisfy the period of service requirements.
  • Eligible Billets. Marines possessing the 8511 MOS, who have served in an 8511 billet, are eligible to receive the MCDIR. Marines in the following billets are also eligible:
    1. Recruit Training Regiment – CO, Executive Officer (XO), Operations Officer (S-3), SGTMAJ, Series Commander.
    2. Recruiting Training Battalion - CO, XO, S-3, SGTMAJ.
    3. Recruit Training Regiment Support Battalion – CO, XO, S-3, SGTMAJ, Company COs.
    4. Drill Instructor School – Director and Assistant Director.
    5. OCS
       • OCS - CO, XO, S-3, Assistant Operations Officer (S-3A), Coordinator of Student Activities, SGTMAJ, and Headquarters and Service Company 1STSGT.
       • Training Company – CO, XO, 1STSGT, Company Gunnery Sergeant, and Platoon Commanders.
• Marines assigned as Marine Officer Instructors or Assistant Marine Officer Instructors are not eligible for the MCDIR.
• Posthumous Awards. On a case-by-case basis, the MCDIR may be awarded posthumously without regard to period of service.
• Each subsequent award is denoted by a 3/16-inch bronze star on the ribbon. A 3/16-inch silver star is worn in place of five bronze stars.