[ABMC] American
Battle Monument Commission
[AF] Department of the Air Force-Civil Service Awards [AF] Air Force-Public Service Awards-Other Civilian Awards [AF] Air Force Junior ROTC Instructor Awards [ACDA] Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - Type 2 Ribbons was [USIA] Information Agency-Type 1- [obsolete] now [ACDA] Gov02_Army-DoD [OSD] Office of Secretary of Defense [JCS] The Joint Chiefs of Staff,Chairman of the JCS Awards [DoA] Depart. of the Army-Public Service Awards -Civil Service Awards -Miscellaneous Civilian Awards
[BATF]
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, &
Explosives
[CBP] Customs and Border Protection-was [BP] [BP] Border Patrol [obsolete] [CGS] Coast and Geodetic Survey [CIA] Central Intelligence Agency [CSB] Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board [DARPA] Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DASA] Defense Atomic Support Agency replaced by [DNA] Defense Nuclear Agency [DAU] Defense Acquistion University [DCA] Defense Communications Agency Replaced by [DISA] (DCAA) Defense Contract Audit Agency [DCMA] Defense Contract Management Agency [DCPMS] Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service Replaced by [DCPAS] Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service DCPA) Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, replaced by [FEMA] [DEA]
Drug Enforcement Administration
[DeCA]
Defense Commissary Agency
[DHS]
Department of Homeland Security[DIA] Defense Intelligence Agency [DIS] Defense Investigative ServiceDARPA replaced by [DSS] Defense Security Service [DISA] Defense Information Systems Agency [DLA] Defense Logistics Agency [DMA] Defense Mapping Agency replaced by NIMA [DNA] Defense Nuclear Agency [DoC] Department of Commerce [DoE] Department of Energy [DHHS] Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health [DoJ] Department of Justice [OAG] US Attorney General [FBI] Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBP] Federal Bureau of Prisons DoS] Department of State [DOT] Department of Transportation Secretary of Transportation |
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Gov10-DoT_FAA [DOT]
[FAA] Federal Aviation Administration
replaced [DCPA] Defense Civil Preparedness Agency [DPAA] Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency DSS Defense Security Service replaced [DIS] Defense Investigative Service (DSWA) Defense Special Weapons Agency Replaced by [DTRA] [DTIC] Defense Technical Information Center [DTRA] Defense Threat Reduction Agency
[EPA]
Environmental Protection Agency
[GAO] Government Accounting Office [FEMA] Federal Emergency Management Agency [MM] Merchant Marine is [DoT]-Maritime Administration
[NASA]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
[NACA] National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1915-1958 replace by [NASA] [13]
Gov11-NCS
[NCS]
National Communications System(NGA) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NIMA) National Imagery & Mapping replaced by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency [NGA] [NOAA] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. [14] [NRO]
National Reconnaissance Office
[NSA/CSS] National Security Agency-Central Security SVC. [ODNI] Office of the Director National Intelligence [NIC] National Intelligence Community
[OIG]
Office of the Inspector General
(OPM) Office of Personnel Management (OSIA) On-Site Inspection Agency [OoP] Office of the President (OPS) Office of Protection Services - Smithsonian Institution [SSS] Selective Service System (USUHS) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences [DHHS] Department of Health and Human Services [PHS] Public Health Service [USAID] US
Agency for International Development
[USIA] United States Information Agency [VA] Veterans Administration Misc2023
U.S. Milspec
Ribbons
600-700 Civilian Medals for Service in Operational Theaters |
What I was told is
that when some of the Ribbons/Medals are/were
manufactured, the contracting Agency controlled the Ribbon
and gave enough of it to the Medal maker
for the amount of Medal sets being made and any left over
ribbon had to be returned.
An example of this was the Border Patrol Ribbons, designed by the U S Border Patrol in 1999. Most of these were never produced in production quantities and an exceptionally limited number were ever awarded to members of the U S Border Patrol. After Sept 11, the Border Patrol was placed under the Department of Homeland Security and issuance of all of these medals was stopped. A proposal made for new designs using DHS logo was never approved and the entire program has been stopped, there have been some sets sold from left over stock which was obtained from the maker.
So for Ribbon Collectors the only way to get some of these Ribbons was to: