Is a U.S. military officer permitted to wear a foreign decorations along with his U.S. decorations?

Answer 1

Yes.
AR 670-1 Chapter 29-6
g. Foreign military decorations. Personnel who are specifically authorized by law to accept decorations from foreign governments may wear them in the order of their receipt after all U.S. decorations, the Good Conduct Medal, campaign and service medals, and service and training ribbons. (See chap 9, AR 600–8–22, for application procedures to request authorization to accept and wear foreign decorations.) Personnel may not wear any foreign decorations on the uniform unless at least one U.S. decoration or service medal is worn at the same time. Personnel will not wear foreign awards that do not conform to the standard U.S. size ribbon bar or medal.
h. Foreign unit awards. The following foreign unit awards, listed in their order of precedence, are authorized for wear on the Army uniform, when at least one U.S. decoration, service medal, or ribbon is worn at the same time.
(1) Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation.
(2) Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.
(3) Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation.
(4) Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation.
(5) Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation.
(6) Fourrageres (no order of precedence).
(a) French Fourragere.
(b) Belgian Fourragere.
(c) Netherlands Orange Lanyard.
i. Non-U.S. service awards. The following non-U.S. service awards, listed in their order of precedence, are authorized for wear on the Army uniform when at least one U.S. decoration, service medal, or ribbon is worn at the same time. An individual may not wear any other foreign service medal, unless the wearer was awarded such medal while a bona fide member of the armed forces of a friendly foreign nation and has received HQDA approval to wear the medal or ribbon. (See chap 9, AR 600–8–22, for application procedures to request authorization to accept and wear foreign service medals or ribbons.)
(1) Philippine Defense Ribbon.
(2) Philippine Liberation Ribbon.
(3) Philippine Independence Ribbon.
(4) United Nations Service Medal.
(5) Inter-American Defense Board Medal.
(6) United Nations Medal.
(7) NATO Medal.
(8) Multinational Force and Observers Medal.
(9) Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
(10) Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia).
(11) Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait).
(12) Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Answer 2

Point 1: No American jumped into Algeria with the French.

Point 2: China Service Ribbon is an American award for service with the US military in China and not a foreign award.

Answer 3

Oliver, you got several correct answers..Yes, and they are not limited to Officers. Foreign Governments presents Decorations and Awards to US Military fairly often. My last was the Kuwaiti Liberation Medal.

Answer 4

It is not about the USA not needing anybody to protect them at all, it is simply due to logistics. There is no known major threat from the Americas to any modern Western NATO Country, so having lots of their troops and equipment based thousands of miles away from home in the USA where there is no threat makes absolutely no Financial,Military or logistical sense at all. Same reason the USA has bases in Europe and Asia as, not so much now but certainly in the past it made logistical sense for the USA to have troops stationed in Europe/Asia as a show of strength close to their percieved main threats from the likes of N.Korea, Russia and China If another allied Country goes on exchanges or training in the USA then we will simply use their bases, makes far more sense as they already have all the facilities and everything needed set up.

Answer 5

I believe Chesty Puller had the China service ribbon so I would imagine so.

Answer 6

yes, as stated in AR 670-1 for the Army.

Answer 7

Only in specific cases, and it's not restricted to officers.