Ribbon Attachment: 3/16 inch bronze stars mounted three on a bar. The 3/16" bronze star denotes additional awards for unit, campaign, service and engagement awards on full size medals and ribbon units. The bronze service star is also affixed to the parachutist badge to denote participation in a combat parachutist jump and the freefall parachutist badge to denote participation in a combat military freefall jump. A campaign star is worn to denote participation in designated campaign. A battle star is worn to denote participation in designated battles.

Also worn by the Civil Air Patrol (CAP).