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Retirement from the military may mean the uniform goes into the closet, but the ribbons, badges, medals, and memories behind them don't have to disappear with it. Every ribbon represents something—a deployment, an achievement, years of service, or sometimes a chapter of your career that only the people who served alongside you truly understand. So what do you do with those ribbons after the uniform comes off for the last time? There are plenty of ways to display a military ca

After years—or decades—of military service, a retirement shadow box is more than a collection of awards behind glass. It's the story of a career. The ribbons, rank insignia, challenge coins, photographs, badges and other keepsakes inside represent duty stations, deployments, promotions, accomplishments and the people who were part of the journey. But what should actually go inside a military retirement shadow box? There isn't one correct answer. The best shadow boxes aren't s