Green, a career artilleryman, did not have a Combat Action Ribbon. "No CAR ... not the right guy for the job," one reader groused on Marine Corps Times' Facebook page following Green's selection.

The drain of combat experienced Marines has resulted in a drop of more than half in the number of active-duty Marines with a Combat Action Ribbon, a report from Marine Corps Times found.

Reyes, a logistician who has deployed three times to Iraq, does not have a combat action ribbon, or CAR, nor is he the first (or likely the last) senior Marine to receive flack for not having the ...

A senior enlisted Marine was busted down to sergeant last month after he wore military decorations -- including the Purple Heart and Combat Action Ribbon -- that he was not authorized to wear ...

If you're a Marine who has completed a 36-month tour as combat instructor at the School of Infantry West at Camp Pendleton, there's a new special duty assignment ribbon for you.

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos is the first career aviator to hold the position since 1983. As an aviator, he has not earned a Combat Action Ribbon.

So the commandant of the Marine Corps has changed the standards for awarding the Combat Action Ribbon. Troops who “render satisfactory performance under enemy fire” can receive the ribbon ...

Included in the awards and decorations the now-sergeant deceptively wore were the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon and Joint Meritorious Unit Award.

A Marine sergeant major was demoted to sergeant after he was convicted of wearing nine medals that he never earned, including a Purple Heart and Combat Action Ribbon, and making false statements ...

Marine Corps veteran Ron Martinchek was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon, nearly 55 years after his service in the Vietnam War.

Combat artists are illustrating moments of Marines in Nordic Response 24, preserving details of the exercise through coal, ink, graphite, and wax.