Coast Guard Bicentennial Unit Commendation

The Coast Guard Bicentennial Unit Commendation was a unit award of the United States Coast Guard which was awarded to all active, reserve, auxiliary, and civilian personnel of the Coast Guard for service from March 1989 to October 1989.

Coast Guard Bicentennial Unit Commendation
TypeUnit award
Awarded for"[F]or an extraordinary level of service to the government and citizens of the United States for 200 years and in particular from March 1989 through October 1989."
Presented byUnited States Coast Guard
EligibilityService with the Coast Guard from March 1989 to October 1989.
StatusNo longer awarded
Established2 January 1990
Precedence
Next (higher)Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award
Next (lower)Prisoner of War Medal

The award was issued only to those whose service up to the issuance date was honorable and it could be issued to members of other services who were assigned to the Coast Guard and served in that period.

Wearing of the ribbon was stipulated to be placed after the Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award and before the Prisoner of War Medal.

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