Army Reserve, Army National Guard
The Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon is the reserve component companion to the Overseas Service Ribbon and is awarded to drilling members of the Army Reserve and National Guard. The Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon is presented to any member of the drilling reserves who completes ten or more consecutive days of active duty for training outside the contiguous United States. Additional awards are denoted by numerals.
The Army Reserve and Army National Guard are the only branches of the reserve components which issues an overseas ribbon separate from the active duty award.
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—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
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—Hillary Rodham Clinton (20th century)
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—James Madison (1751–1836)