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Arrowhead device

The Arrowhead device is a decoration of the United States Army which is issued as an attachment to certain service medals. The Arrowhead device is awarded to any service member who participates in an amphibious assault, a combat parachute drop, a helicopter assault landing, or a combat glider attack.

The arrowhead device is a one time decoration for each service medal and no more than one arrowhead device may be authorized per service medal. As of 2004, the service medals which are authorized the arrowhead device are as follows:

• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
• European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
• Korean Service Medal
• Vietnam Service Medal
• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
• Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
• Afghanistan Campaign Medal
• Iraq Campaign Medal

In almost all cases, the arrowhead device is issued with a corresponding campaign service star, which denotes the campaign in which the assault landing was accomplished.

See also: Awards and decorations of the United States military