Navy Question.....it's about the ribbons.  

There is a meaning for each individual one, you might have to google it to find out.

Being an old Air Force veteran, I have no idea what the Navy ribbons stand for, but it must be for some service of some kind. Sorry I can't help.

The ribbons are designed for various medals that you are awarded for bravery or service in particular regions. Say you serve over seas, yo get a particular medal and a medal ahs to be hung with a ribbon. Each medal has a particular ribbon which can be recognised even without the medal. You don't wear medals all the time so the ribbons become representative.

From the robbons yo can slos make out where all the individual has served and what his awards are.

These ribbons are all different awards for services with-in the Navy. I do not know what each individual one is for though but some would be for service for so many years, some would be for bravery and some would be for different tasks etc.

Maybe an old Verteran might help you out here. I think Hiccup would know some of these maybe.

That is an interesting question about US Navy ribbons. I did some research and yes the ribbons represent medals and service. I found a couple of websites to get you started. I do not know how comprehensive these websites are but here are a couple I found.
http://kepler.pratt.duke.edu/USNRibbons.html
http://www.gruntsmilitary...