Editing Meritorious Team Commendation

{{Infobox military award
|name=Meritorious Team Commendation
|image=[[File:Meritorious Team Commendation ribbon.svg|106px]]<br />[[File:Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation lapel pin.png|53px]]
|caption=Service ribbon and civilian lapel pin for the Meritorious Team Commendation
|presenter=the<br />[[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170904105203/https://media.defense.gov/2017/Mar/29/2001723556/-1/-1/0/CIM_1650_25E.PDF defense.gov] {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|country={{USA}}
|type=Unit award 
|eligibility=Coast Guard units and teams
|awarded_for="[D]isplay cohesion and teamwork noticeable to upper echelon commanders."
|status=Currently awarded
|established=22 December 1993
|lastawarded=
|total_awarded=
|total_awarded_posthumously=
|total_recipients=
|higher=Army, Naval Service, and Coast Guard: [[Meritorious Unit Commendation]]s<ref name="oow">{{cite web|title=U.S. Coast Guard Ribbons & Devices|url=https://www.uscg.mil/hr/udc/docs/ribbons_devices.pdf|publisher=United States Coast Guard|accessdate=9 April 2017}}</ref><br/>Air and Space Forces: [[Meritorious Unit Award]]
|same=
|lower=Army: [[Superior Unit Award]]<br/>Naval Service: [[Navy "E" Ribbon]]<br/>Air and Space Forces: [[Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award]]<br/>Coast Guard: [[Coast Guard "E" Ribbon]]<ref name="oow"/>
|image2={{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Meritorious Team Commendation ribbon.svg|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -63px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:Operational Distinguishing Device.png|20px]]</span> <span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -100px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:Award star (gold).png|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -37px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:Award star (gold).png|22px]]</span>
|caption2=Meritorious Team Commendation service ribbon for three awards, at least one of which for operational service.
}}

The '''Meritorious Team Commendation''' (MTC) is a unit award of the [[United States Coast Guard]].  Created on 22 December 1993, the Meritorious Team Commendation is awarded for performance of exceptional actions that would normally warrant a Commandant's Letter of Commendation if recognizing an individual. Recognized groups must also display cohesion and teamwork noticeable to upper echelon commanders. The MTC is awarded to groups or teams that are not identifiable by OPFAC as a United States Coast Guard unit. The MTC may be awarded to military personnel, Coast Guard Auxiliarists, and civilians.<ref name="M1650.25E">{{cite web|title=Coast Guard Military Medals and Awards Manual COMDTINST M1650.25E|url=https://www.uscg.mil/directives/cim/1000-1999/CIM_1650_25E.pdf|publisher=United States Coast Guard|accessdate=9 April 2017|date=15 August 2016}}</ref>

==Appearance==
The ribbon is primarily scarlet in color, with Old Glory Blue edges {{convert|9/64|in|mm|abbr=on}} wide. In the center there are four white stripes {{convert|1/16|in|mm|abbr=on}} wide, spaced {{convert|1/32|in|mm|abbr=on}} apart.<ref>{{cite web|title=MIL-DTL-11589 Ribbon, Meritorious Team Commendation Award, U.S. Coast Guard|url=http://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsDocDetails.aspx?ident_number=113383|website=Defense Logistics Agency Quick Search Assist|publisher=Defense Standardization Program|accessdate=9 April 2017|date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

For civilians there is a lapel pin that is awarded in lieu of a [[service ribbon]]. The lapel pin is in the shape of an [[isosceles triangle]] {{convert|5/8|in|mm|abbr=on}} wide with a height of {{convert|9/16|in|mm|abbr=on}}. The pin is [[nickel]] [[Nickel electroplating|plated]] with red and blue enameled surfaces referencing the pattern of the service ribbon.<ref>{{cite web|title=MIL-DTL-11484 Lapel Button, Meritorious Team Commendation Award, U.S. Coast Guard|url=http://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsDocDetails.aspx?ident_number=113642|website=Defense Logistics Agency Quick Search Assist|publisher=Defense Standardization Program|accessdate=9 April 2017|date=19 October 2015}}</ref>

Additional awards of the Meritorious Team Commendation are denoted by [[award stars]] with the award authorized to all Team Coast Guard units.  For those Coast Guard commands who are awarded the Meritorious Team Commendation under field operating conditions, the [[Operational Distinguishing Device]] is authorized.<ref name="M1650.25E"/>

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[[Category:Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard]]
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