A Good Conduct Loop is an award of the United States Army which denotes additional decorations of the Army Good Conduct Medal. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The Good Conduct Medal is one of the oldest military decorations of the United States military. Good Conduct Loops were first created in 1941 and were based on the concept of the enlistment bar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An Enlistment Bar is an obsolete decoration of the United States military which was previously awarded as an attachment to the Good Conduct Medal. 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 attached to the ribbon and medal 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 loop with two knots would denote the seventh award of the Good Conduct Medal while a gold loop with four knots would indicate the fourteenth award of the Good Conduct Medal.
The Army Good Conduct Medal is the only one of the service Good Conduct awards which uses Good Conduct Loops. The U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard display additional Good Conduct awards with service stars.
See also: Awards and decorations of the United States military
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