USCG Arctic Service Medal

In 1976 Admiral Owen Siler of the United States Coast Guard established the Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal as the first entry of its kind into the medals of America. These US military medals and military ribbons are awarded to Coast Guard personnel who perform 21 days of cumulative duty afloat or ashore in the Arctic Circle, or for flight personnel who participate in 21 flight days above the Arctic Circle. These military ribbons and medals are also presented for remote radio station service in Alaska, Greenland and Norway. These military medals were made retroactive to 1946. The US Navy also offers an Arctic Service Ribbon as its equivalent for this Coast Guard Medal.
There are no devices authorized for additional periods of Arctic service. These military awards are worn below the Antarctica Service Medal and above the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal in the general order of precedence that has been established for the proper display of all military ribbons and medals.