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===Usage=== Many of the practices relative to streamers and their display are similar among the services. There are, however, differences, particularly regarding the number of streamers and use of embroidered devices. The Army carries a separate streamer for each important action in all wars in which that service has participated, each embroidered with the name of the action commemorated. Currently, the Army allows 190<ref>{{cite web|title=Total Campaign Streamers: Army|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/army_flag/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130626170507/http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/army_flag/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2013|publisher=United States Army|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Listing of the Campaigns of the U.S. Army Displayed on the Army Flag |url=https://history.army.mil/html/reference/campaigns.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201218035428/https://history.army.mil/html/reference/campaigns.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 December 2020 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=history.army.mil}}</ref> streamers, and the Air Force, employing the Army system, carries more than 60. Unlike the Army–Air Force practice, the Marines and Navy use one ribbon for each war, campaign, or theater of operations. Specific actions or battles are highlighted by bronze and silver stars embroidered on the ribbon. The Marine Corps has 57 streamers,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Information-for-Units/Battle-Colors-Of-The-Marine-Corps/Streamers-of-the-Marine-Corps-Battle-Colors/Battle-Streamers-graphics/ |title=Streamers of the Marine Corps Battle Colors | Marine Corps University |access-date=12 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214142921/https://www.usmcu.edu/historydivision/streamers-marine-corps-battle-colors |archive-date=14 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.usmcu.edu/historydivision/battle-streamers-graphics] {{dead link|date=September 2018}}</ref> the Navy 36, and the Coast Guard uses 43, unadorned by either stars or lettering. Stars on the Marines and Navy streamers follow the practice initiated during the World War II period for ribbons and medals—that is, a bronze [[service star]] for each action, and a silver star in lieu of five bronze stars. The Navy applies stars to appropriate ribbons throughout its history, whereas the Marine Corps uses stars to commemorate service starting from 1900. The Navy's [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]], [[Navy Unit Commendation]], and [[Meritorious Unit Commendation]] streamers each carry a red number rather than stars, representing the number of times that the respective award has been conferred upon Navy units.
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