Ribbon, along with the recruiter ribbons. Created on 4 September 2014, the Special Duty Ribbon is awarded to any member of the Air Force or Space Force who completes any number of consecutive months of duty as a military training instructor or recruiter attached to Air Education and Training Command (AETC), the United States Air Force Academy, Space Training or Readiness Command, or the Air Force Recruiting Service. It may be awarded retroactively provided a service member was on active duty, or a member of a reserve component, as of December 1998. Additional awards of the Special Duty Ribbon are presented for each consecutive three year tour of duty as a military training instructor with such additional awards denoted by oak leaf clusters, and the award had replaced the previous Air Force Military Training Instructor Ribbon. The Air Force also presents the Air Education and Training Command Instructor Badge for those military instructors who so qualify. Both the instructor badge and the Special Duty ribbon may be awarded simultaneously for the same tour of service. Army and Coast Guard The U.S. Army and United States Coast Guard do not issue a ribbon award for those who are qualified drill instructors. The Army provides the Drill Sergeant Identification Badge while the Coast Guard provides the Company Commander Insignia. References External links Marine Corps Drill Instructor Ribbon criteria Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force Awards and decorations of the United States Marine Corps Awards and decorations of the United States Space Force Awards established in 1997 Awards established in 1998 Military ribbons of the United States Military education and training in the United States