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	{{Short description\|US Army award}}{{Use mdy dates\|date=August 2024}} {{Use American English\|date=August 2024}}		{{Short description\|US Army award}}{{Use mdy dates\|date=August 2024}} {{Use American English\|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox award
	~~[[File:GCM 4.jpg\|thumb~~\|~~right\|Army~~ Good Conduct ~~Medal service ribbon with four knots/loops]]~~		\| name = Good Conduct Loop Clasps
	~~[[File:Subsequent~~-~~Award~~-~~Loop~~-~~Clasp~~.png\|~~thumb~~\|~~205px~~\|~~right~~\|~~Good conduct loops in gold~~]]		\| image = Good-conduct-medals-clasps-vertical.png
			\| image_size = 150px
			\| awarded_for = Every three years of qualifying good service
			\| sponsor = {{Army\|United States}}
			\| image2 = GCM 4.jpg
			\| type = Ribbon Device
			\| image2_size = 150px
			\| related = [[Enlistment Bar]]
			\| status = Currently Awarded
			\| established = 1941
			\| caption2 = Example of Good Conduct Medal ribbon with 5th award (15 years of service)
			}}

	A '''good conduct knot'''/'''loop''' is an [[United States military award devices\|award device]] of the [[Department of the Army]] which denotes additional decorations of the [[Army Good Conduct Medal]].		A '''good conduct knot'''/'''loop''' is an [[United States military award devices\|award device]] of the [[Department of the Army]] which denotes additional decorations of the [[Army Good Conduct Medal]].

	==History==		==History==
	Good conduct loops were first created in 1941 and were based on the concept of the [[Enlistment Bar\|enlistment bar]]. Good Conduct Loops have remained the primary method of displaying multiple bestowals of the Army Good Conduct Medal, and may be said to show how many "hitches" a soldier has served.		Good conduct loops were first created in 1941 and were based on the concept of the [[Enlistment Bar\|enlistment bar]]. Good Conduct Loops have remained the primary method of displaying multiple bestowals of the Army Good Conduct Medal, and may be said to show how many "hitches" (periods of service) a soldier has served.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=U.S. Army Award/Medal/Ribbon Accouterments/Attachments Information \|url=https://veteranmedals.army.mil/home/us-army-medals-award-badges-ribbon-and-attachments-information/USArmy-Award-Medal-Ribbon-Accouterments-Attachments-Information \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250713004149/https://veteranmedals.army.mil/home/us-army-medals-award-badges-ribbon-and-attachments-information/USArmy-Award-Medal-Ribbon-Accouterments-Attachments-Information \|archive-date=2025-07-13 \|access-date=2025-12-17 \|website=NATICK \|language=en}}</ref> The current U.S. Army policy is to award the medal after every three years of qualifying service.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Army Good Conduct Medal AGCM \|url=https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/Army%20Good%20Conduct%20Medal%20AGCM \|website=US Army Human Resources Command}}</ref>

	Good conduct loops are worn on a [[Medal bar\|clasp]] attached to the [[service ribbon]] and suspension ribbon of the Good Conduct Medal. A Good Conduct Loop comprises a clasp with several inscribed loops. The second award of a Good Conduct Medal would display a bronze clasp with two loops, the third would show a bronze clasp with three loops, and so on. At six loops, the clasp changes to silver, and then at eleven loops the clasp changes to gold. Thus, a silver clasp with two loops would denote the seventh award of the Good Conduct Medal while a gold clasp with five loops would indicate the fifteenth award of the Good Conduct Medal, which is the highest that the regulations list.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Department of the Army, DoD § 578.37\|publisher=GPO \|year=2006 \|url=http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/julqtr/pdf/32cfr578.38.pdf \|format=pdf\|accessdate=2010-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Army Good Conduct Medal\|publisher=The Institute of Heraldry, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army\|url= http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=15263&CategoryId=4&grp=4&menu=Decorations\|accessdate=2015-01-09}}</ref>		Good conduct loops are worn on a [[Medal bar\|clasp]] attached to the [[service ribbon]] and suspension ribbon of the Good Conduct Medal. A Good Conduct Loop comprises a clasp with several inscribed loops. The second award of a Good Conduct Medal would display a bronze clasp with two loops, the third would show a bronze clasp with three loops, and so on. At six loops, the clasp changes to silver, and then at eleven loops the clasp changes to gold. Thus, a silver clasp with two loops would denote the seventh award of the Good Conduct Medal while a gold clasp with five loops would indicate the fifteenth award of the Good Conduct Medal, which is the highest that the regulations list.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Department of the Army, DoD § 578.37\|publisher=GPO \|year=2006 \|url=http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/julqtr/pdf/32cfr578.38.pdf \|format=pdf\|accessdate=2010-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Army Good Conduct Medal\|publisher=The Institute of Heraldry, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army\|url= http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=15263&CategoryId=4&grp=4&menu=Decorations\|accessdate=2015-01-09}}</ref>
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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Awards and decorations of the United States military]]		*[[Awards and decorations of the United States military]]
			*[[United States military award devices]]

	==References==		==References==

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{{Short description|US Army award}}{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use American English|date=August 2024}}
[[File:GCM 4.jpg|thumb|right|Army Good Conduct Medal service ribbon with four knots/loops]]
[[File:Subsequent-Award-Loop-Clasp.png|thumb|205px|right|Good conduct loops in gold]]

A '''good conduct knot'''/'''loop''' is an [[United States military award devices|award device]] of the [[Department of the Army]] which denotes additional decorations of the [[Army Good Conduct Medal]].

==History==
Good conduct loops were first created in 1941 and were based on the concept of the [[Enlistment Bar|enlistment bar]]. Good Conduct Loops have remained the primary method of displaying multiple bestowals of the Army Good Conduct Medal, and may be said to show how many "hitches" a soldier has served.

Good conduct loops are worn on a [[Medal bar|clasp]] attached to the [[service ribbon]] and suspension ribbon of the Good Conduct Medal. A Good Conduct Loop comprises a clasp with several inscribed loops. The second award of a Good Conduct Medal would display a bronze clasp with two loops, the third would show a bronze clasp with three loops, and so on. At six loops, the clasp changes to silver, and then at eleven loops the clasp changes to gold. Thus, a silver clasp with two loops would denote the seventh award of the Good Conduct Medal while a gold clasp with five loops would indicate the fifteenth award of the Good Conduct Medal, which is the highest that the regulations list.<ref>{{cite web|title=Department of the Army, DoD § 578.37|publisher=GPO |year=2006 |url=http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/julqtr/pdf/32cfr578.38.pdf |format=pdf|accessdate=2010-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Army Good Conduct Medal|publisher=The Institute of Heraldry, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army|url= http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=15263&CategoryId=4&grp=4&menu=Decorations|accessdate=2015-01-09}}</ref>

The Army Good Conduct Medal is the only one of the service Good Conduct awards which uses Good Conduct Loops. The [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]], and [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] display additional Good Conduct awards with [[service stars]], while the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] uses oak leaf clusters.

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:United States military award devices]]

Good conduct loop - Revision history

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