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{{Short description|US military award accoutrement}}{{Infobox award
| name = Arrowhead Device
| image = Arrowhead Ribbon Device.png
| awarded_for = Participation in a combat parachute jump, helicopter assault landing, combat glider landing, or amphibious assault landing
| image_size = 100px
| established = June 1944
| status = Currently Awarded
| sponsor = {{Air Force|United States}}
{{Army|United States}}
| related = [[Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia]]
| type = Ribbon Device
}}
The '''arrowhead device''' is a miniature bronze arrowhead that may be worn on campaign, expedition, and service medals and ribbons to denote participation in an [[amphibious assault]] landing, combat [[Airborne forces|parachute jump]], [[Air assault|helicopter assault]] landing, or combat glider landing by a service member of the [[United States Army]], [[United States Air Force]], or [[United States Space Force]]. <ref>DoD 1348.33 V2, P. 68 (2), V3 P. 1 (2), P. 7</ref><ref>[https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/Active/TAGD/awards/faqs.pdf Military Awards FAQs] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928012759/https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/Active/TAGD/awards/faqs.pdf |date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.studyguides.af.mil/Portals/15/documents/rank_ribbons/Devices.pdf|format=PDF|title=Air Force Awards and Decorations|website=Studyguides.af.mil|access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref> The device was first awarded with the [[European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal|European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal]] in June 1944.<ref>{{Cite web |last=G |first=Ericka |date=2020-05-08 |title=World War II European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal |url=https://veteran-voices.com/world-war-ii-eame-campaign-medal/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Veteran Voices Military Research |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Criteria==
A soldier, airman, or guardian must be assigned or attached as a member of an organized force carrying out an assigned tactical mission. A soldier, airman, or guardian must actually exit an aircraft or watercraft to receive assault credit. Individual assault credit is tied directly to the combat assault credit decision for the unit to which the soldier, airman, or guardian is attached or assigned at the time of the assault.  Should a unit be denied assault, no assault credit will accrue to the individual soldiers, airmen, or guardian of that unit. 

The arrowhead device must be authorized for wear in order to be worn on the suspension and [[service ribbon]]s of the medal and is placed in position to the wearer's right of other devices on the ribbons including the [["V" device]], {{cvt|3/16|in|mm|adj=on}} [[service star]], and {{frac|3|16}}-inch [[campaign star]].<ref>DoD 1348.33 V3</ref>  No more than one arrowhead may be worn on a medal and service ribbon. {{As of|2004}}, the medals which are authorized the arrowhead device are as follows:
{{Annotated image
| image = General Joseph L. Votel (USCENTCOM).jpg
| image-width = 1300
| image-left = -695
| image-top = -977
| width = 365
| height = 250
| float = right
| annotations =
| caption = Examples of the arrowhead device as seen on the Afghanistan Campaign and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals for airborne operations by GEN [[Joseph Votel|Joseph Votel (ret)]], which correspond to the two Combat Jump Devices on his [[Parachutist Badge (United States)|Master Parachutist Badge]]
}}
{|
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=Afghanistan Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Afghanistan Campaign Medal]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=Armed Forces Expedtionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Iraq Campaign Medal]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Vietnam Service Medal]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=Korean Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Korean Service Medal]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|other_device=arrowhead|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]]
|}

== Appearance ==
The arrowhead device is a bronze replica of a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[arrowhead]] {{cvt|1/4|in|mm}} high.<ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20110322212501/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134833vol3.pdf "Department of Defense Manual, Number 1348.33, Volume 3"] Dtic.mil, 23 November 2010</ref>  The device is embroidered on organizational streamers when specified in official U.S. Army lineage and honor documentation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arrowhead Device |url=https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=15629&CategoryId=9161&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services&ps=24&p=0 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250321151136/https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=15629&CategoryId=9161&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services&ps=24&p=0 |archive-date=2025-03-21 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=tioh.army.mil |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Awards and decorations of the United States military]]
*[[United States military award devices]]

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