and NCOs to have eight or more Overseas Service Bars. The Overseas Service Bar is a separate award from the Overseas Service Ribbon, established in 1981, which recognizes overseas service in any location outside of the continental United States (CONUS), without regard as to whether or not the area has been designated a combat zone. Regulations permit receiving both awards for the same qualifying period of service. Current regulation Army Regulation 670–1, Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia, dated 26 January 2021 in Chapter 21, Paragraph 29 states the following: Notable recipients General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was awarded a total of 14 overseas service insignias - 3 gold chevrons for World War I, 9 overseas service bars for World War II and 2 for the Korean War. He was one of a very few United States service members who was not a prisoner of war to spend the entirety of World War II overseas. General George S. Patton was awarded a total of 10 overseas service insignias - 4 chevrons for World War I and 6 for World War II. General Jonathan Wainwright IV was awarded a total of 11 overseas service insignias - 4 chevrons for World War I and 7 overseas service bars for World War II. General William Westmoreland was awarded a total of 16 overseas service bars - 6 for World War II, 2 for Korea and 8 for Vietnam. General Mark J. O'Neil has been awarded 12 overseas service bars. Generals Austin S. Miller and Raymond A. Thomas were awarded a total of 13 overseas service bars. General Paul LaCamera has received 18 overseas service bars and is still on active duty as of July 2021. Colonel Floyd James Thompson, a Green Beret, served a total of 9 years and 3 months in Vietnam with all but 3 months served as a prisoner of war. He was awarded a total of 18 overseas service bars. See also Wound Chevron Service stripe Military badges of the United States Army Service Uniform External links Army Regulation 670-1, dated 26 January 2021 References Awards and decorations of the United States Army