[1] The Navy issues the marksmanship ribbon in three levels of precedence: Expert, Sharpshooter, and Marksman.

[4] Once a year, thousands of U.S. Army and Air National Guard shooters (champion marksmanship teams from each state) compete against each other at the Winston P. Wilson Rifle and Pistol Championships.

In the Missouri National Guard, the top twelve guardsmen selected to represent their state at the Winston P. Wilson matches are awarded the Governor's Twelve Ribbon which is worn on dress uniforms; any guardsman who earns the award more than once wear Hawthorn Cluster device(s) on top of the ribbon.

[5] Guardsmen are authorized to wear these ribbons as a permanent decoration on service dress uniforms, to the left of federal awards, when operating under Title 32 (state control) status.

[5][7] The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps provide weapons qualification badges instead of a marksmanship ribbon.