The Navy Department Awards Web Service site has integrated the Marine Corps’ new eligibility criteria for the Combat Action Ribbon for Sailors assigned to Marine Corps units. Under the policy change, Navy members assigned to Marine Corps units “who take appropriate actions during exposure to the detonation of an improvised explosive device” meet the CAR eligibility. Before the modification, if a roadside bomb was detonated, Navy and Marine Corps members did not rate the CAR unless an exchange of fire occurred. The policy change is retroactive to Oct. 7, 2001. For more information, see ALMAR 010/06 and MARADMIN 118/06 available in the NAVADMIN links on the left side of the awards web service site at http://awards.navy.mil.