Editing Meritorious Unit Commendation (section)

{{About||the US Air and Space Forces award|Meritorious Unit Award|the Australian award|Meritorious Unit Citation}}
{{short description|Mid-level unit award of the United States Armed Forces}}
{{Infobox military award
| name = Meritorious Unit Commendation
| image = [[File:Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|105px]]<br/>Army Meritorious Unit Commendation<br/>[[File:Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|105px]]<br/>Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation<br/>[[File:Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|105px]]<br/>Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation
| caption = 
| presenter = the [[United States Department of the Army]]<br>[[United States Department of the Navy]]<br>[[United States Department of Homeland Security]]
| type = Service Ribbon (unit decoration)
| eligibility = Military Unit
| awarded_for = Valorous or meritorious achievement or service, or exceptionally meritorious conduct and outstanding achievement or service, in combat or non-combat.
| status = Currently awarded
| firstawarded = 1944
| lastawarded = Ongoing
| total_awarded = 
| total_awarded_posthumously = 
| total_recipients = 
| higher = Army: [[Valorous Unit Award]] <br/> Naval: [[Navy Unit Commendation]] <br> Air and Space Forces: [[Gallant Unit Citation]] <br/> Coast Guard: [[Coast Guard Unit Commendation]] <br/> Department of Transportation: [[Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Unit Award]]
| lower = Army: [[Superior Unit Award]] <br/> Naval Service: [[Navy "E" Ribbon]]<ref name="navywear">{{cite web|title=US Navy Uniforms > Uniform Regulations > Chapter 5 > 5306 Unit Awards|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/support/uniforms/uniformregulations/chapter5/Pages/5301.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607024714/http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/support/uniforms/uniformregulations/chapter5/Pages/5301.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 7, 2011|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref><br/> Air and Space Forces: [[Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award]] <br/> Coast Guard: [[Meritorious Team Commendation]]
| same = Air and Space Forces: [[Meritorious Unit Award]]
| image2 = [[File:Streamer MUC Army.PNG|210px]]<br/>[[File:Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy-Marine) Streamer.jpg|210px]][[File:Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation streamer.png|210px]]
| caption2 = '''Streamers''': Army MUC, Navy MUC, and Coast Guard MUC
}}
The '''Meritorious Unit Commendation''' (MUC; pronounced ''muck'') is a mid-level [[unit award]] of the [[United States Armed Forces]]. The [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] awards units the Army MUC for exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding achievement or service in combat or non-combat, the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] and [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] award units the Navy MUC for valorous or meritorious achievement or service in combat or non-combat, and the [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] awards units the Coast Guard MUC for valorous or meritorious achievement or service not involving combat.