Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§2746 Award of Other Medals
Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 27 — PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › SUBCHAPTER II — AWARDS › § 2746
Summary
Coast Guard members can receive medals, bars, emblems, or insignia that other laws allow them to have, even if this chapter says something different.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §2746
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Coast Guard personnel, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, may be awarded medals, bars, emblems, or insignia to which such personnel may be entitled under other provisions of law.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
This section insures that the preceding sections are not intended to prevent Coast Guard military personnel from receiving other medals, the legion of merit, for example. 81st Congress,
House Report No. 557
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 502 of this title as this section.
Executive Documents
Meritorious Service MedalMedal established as an award for outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States, see Ex. Ord. No. 11448, Jan. 16, 1969, 34 F.R. 915, as amended, set out as a note preceding section 1121 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
Reference
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 2746
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102