The Maryland Outstanding Unit Ribbon will be awarded to all members of the unit which has been selected by the Adjutant General

Adjutant general

An Adjutant General is a military chief administrative officer.-Imperial Russia:In Imperial Russia, the General-Adjutant was a Court officer, who was usually an army general. He served as a personal aide to the Tsar and hence was a member of the H. I. M. Retinue...

 as the outstanding unit of the Maryland Air National Guard

Maryland Air National Guard

The Maryland Air National Guard is the air force component of the militia of the U.S. state of Maryland. As a dual-status organization, it is also considered a reserve component of the United States Air Force.-Mission:...

 and the outstanding unit of the Maryland Army National Guard

Maryland Army National Guard

The Maryland Army National Guard is the Army component of the organized militia of the State of Maryland. It is headquartered at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore and has units at armories and other facilities across the state....

 for the fiscal year. In order to be eligible for award of the ribbon, personnel must have been assigned to the selected unit for at least one day during the qualifying period of the award.

Description: The ribbon is cross-grained

Bias (textile)

The bias or cross-grain direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually referred to simply as "the bias" or "the cross-grain", is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other...

and consists of vertical stripes of black gold, black, gold and black.