Navy - Award Pennants (U.S.)

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Pennants for unit citations are flown in order of seniority (PUC, NUC, MUC) above any other award flags. Afloat, they are displayed at the fore truck from sunrise to sunset when not under way. Shore commands and shore-based units fly them from the most appropriate hoist determined by the local commander, normally the port yardarm of a mast rigged with a crosstree.

With one exception, only the ships or comparable units involved in the action or service for which the citation was issued may display the pennant for the citation. The exception is that a flagship may fly the pennant(s) awarded to its unit whether it was present or not.

Multiple awards of each type of citation are reflected by the addition of bronze-colored stars to the field of the pennant, up to a maximum of five.

Sources: Secretary of the Navy Instruction 1650.1F; Naval Telecommunications Procedures Publication (NTP) 13A.
Joe McMillan, 17 August 1999

by Joe McMillan, 17 August 1999

Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) - Authorized 1942. Awarded in the name of the President for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy. Pennant is yellow with broad stripes of Old Glory blue and scarlet along the upper and lower edges, 27 units hoist by 57 units fly, 48 units to the fork of the swallowtail; yellow stripe is 13 units wide at the hoist.
Joe McMillan, 17 August 1999

by Joe McMillan, 17 August 1999

Navy Unit Commendation (NUC) - Authorized 1944. Awarded for outstanding heroism in action against the enemy or extremely meritorious service in support of military operations. Pennant is hunter green with bands of royal blue, Spanish yellow, and scarlet along the upper and lower edges (blue at the edge). Dimensions are same as for PUC.
Joe McMillan, 17 August 1999

by Joe McMillan, 3 September 1999

Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) - Awarded for valorous or meritorious achievements. Pennant is hunter green with a horizontal central band divided into seven stripes, yellow-ultramarine blue-yellow-scarlet-yellow-ultramarine blue-yellow. (The stripes are not of equal widths--scarlet is th